Daily Life
Talk about your day in Turkish. Learn the times of day, everyday activities and places, and put a daily routine in order.
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Your day in Turkish
This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. Turkish uses the Latin alphabet, so you can read it already, but with a few extra letters. Good news: Turkish has no grammatical gender, so there are no il/la to learn.
Times of day
The parts of the day: - gün = day - sabah = morning - akşam = evening - gece = night
Match each word to its meaning
- gün
- sabah
- akşam
- gece
- day
- morning
- evening
- night
Everyday activities
Some common things you do each day (in the "to do" form): - yemek = to eat - içmek = to drink - uyumak = to sleep - gitmek = to go
Match each verb to its meaning
- yemek
- içmek
- uyumak
- gitmek
- to eat
- to drink
- to sleep
- to go
Spot the verb
Which verb means "to eat"?
- yemek
- içmek
- uyumak
- gitmek
Places
Two places that fill a day: - okul = school - ev = house / home So okula gitmek means "to go to school".
Spot the word
Which word means "school"?
- okul
- ev
- sabah
- gün
Actions, not things
Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).
- yemek
- içmek
- uyumak
- sabah
- okul
- gün
A day in order
Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.
- sabah - morning
- okula gitmek - go to school
- yemek - eat
- uyumak - sleep
Special letters, no gender
Turkish adds some letters to the Latin alphabet: ç, ğ, ş, ö, ü, and, unusually, a dotted i and a dotless ı as two different letters. And a relief for learners: Turkish has no grammatical gender, so a noun is never masculine or feminine.
Turkish closes the sentence with the verb
The routine words become sentences with the verb at the end. Turkish never puts it in the middle the way English does:
Turkish puts the verb at the end
Turkish puts the verb at the end. Which of these says "I go to school in the morning"?
- Ben sabah okula gidiyorum
- Ben gidiyorum sabah okula
- Ben sabah okul gidiyorum
- Ben gece evde uyuyorum
Describe a day
Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.
- To talk about the morning, which word?
- To say to go (to school), which verb?
- To say to sleep at night, which verb?
The right word
Complete in Turkish: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.
Daily life summary
Turkish uses the Latin alphabet with extra letters like ş and ü, and has no grammatical _____. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say to eat, you use _____.