Ambitions

Talking about the future

This module teaches the Turkish words for ambitions, careers and study. Each word is shown with its exact Turkish spelling and its English meaning. Turkish uses the special letters ç, ğ, ı, i, ö, ş and ü - they are part of the word, so mühendis and hemşire must keep them. Turkish also has no "a" or "the", so nouns stand alone.

Ambitions and careers

Start with the words for what you hope to achieve:

Match each Turkish word to its English meaning

The Turkish word for career

Which Turkish word means 'career'?

• kariyer
• tutku
• üniversite
• iş deneyimi

Jobs and professions

Now some words for real jobs people might dream of doing: - mühendis = engineer - avukat = lawyer - hemşire = nurse - çırak = apprentice Keep the special letters exactly: mühendis (ü), hemşire (ş), çırak (ç).

Match each job to its English meaning

Spot the jobs

Select the TWO words that are names of jobs (professions).

• mühendis
• avukat
• tutku
• üniversite

A passion and a career

Two words are easy to mix up: what drives you, and the working life you build.

Which job?

Which Turkish word means 'nurse'?

• hemşire
• mühendis
• avukat
• çırak

Fill in the Turkish

In Turkish, an ambition is _____, a career is _____, an engineer is _____, a nurse is _____, and a volunteer is _____.

A path to a career

Put these steps of working towards a career into a sensible order.

• You have an ambition (tutku)
• You study at university (üniversite)
• You gain work experience (iş deneyimi)
• You build your career (kariyer)

Turkish puts is at the end

The ambition words become sentences with istiyorum (I want) at the end. Turkish stacks the verbs up and closes with the one that carries the person: - Ben mühendis olmak istiyorum = "I want to become an engineer". Ben (I), then the job, then olmak (to become), then istiyorum last. Turkish has no word for "a", so mühendis stands on its own. - Üniversitede okumak istiyorum = "I want to study at university". The same shape. üniversite takes -de because it is where the studying happens, and istiyorum closes the sentence again.

Turkish closes the sentence with the verb that carries the person

Turkish closes the sentence with the verb that carries the person. Which says "I want to become an engineer"?

• Ben mühendis olmak istiyorum
• Ben mühendis istiyorum olmak
• Ben bir mühendis olmak istiyorum var
• Üniversitede okumak istiyorum

Choose the right word

Three situations. Pick the Turkish word that fits each one.

• You want to say your AMBITION for the future. Which word do you use?
• Your friend designs and builds bridges. Which word describes that job?
• Someone helps at a charity without being paid. What is that person called?

Sıra sende

Write a few sentences about your own ambition for the future. You may write in Turkish (or English if you prefer), using the words from this module.

• Name your ambition (tutku)
• Say whether you want to study at university (üniversite) or do an apprenticeship (çırak)
• Say what job you would like, such as mühendis, avukat or hemşire
• Give a reason (cunku...), in Turkish or English

Keep the special letters

To master this vocabulary, learn each word with its exact spelling, keeping the special letters - mühendis, hemşire, çırak, gönüllü - because they are part of the word. Keep the ideas that are easy to confuse clearly apart - tutku, your ambition, versus kariyer, the career you build - and link the study words (üniversite, iş deneyimi) to the jobs. Testing yourself both ways is what builds real recall.