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What School Is Like

Learn the Turkish words for school: the teacher, the lesson, the book and more, plus the special Turkish letters and how to make plurals with -lar and -ler.

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School in Turkish 🏫

This module covers Turkish for **school**: the teacher, the lesson, the book and more. Turkish uses **special letters** like ç, ğ, ş and ü, and makes **plurals** with **-lar** or **-ler**.

Key words 📖

Learn these school words:

Match each Turkish word to its English meaning

  • okul
  • öğretmen
  • öğrenci
  • kitap
  • school
  • teacher
  • student
  • book

Which word?

Which Turkish word means 'a teacher'?

  • öğretmen
  • öğrenci
  • kitap
  • sınıf

Special Turkish letters 🔤

Turkish uses the Latin alphabet with some extra letters: **ç** (ch), **ğ** (a soft g), **ı** (an undotted i), **ö** and **ü** (as in German), and **ş** (sh). You see them in words like **öğretmen** (teacher) and **sınıf** (class). Getting these letters right matters in the exam.

School words

Select the TWO words connected with school.

  • ders
  • sınav
  • deniz
  • anne

Making plurals 📊

Turkish makes plurals by adding **-lar** or **-ler**, following **vowel harmony**. After the back vowels a, ı, o, u, use **-lar**: okul becomes **okullar** (schools). After the front vowels e, i, ö, ü, use **-ler**: ders becomes **dersler** (lessons).

Match each word to its plural

  • okul (school)
  • ders (lesson)
  • kitap (book)
  • ev (house)
  • okullar
  • dersler
  • kitaplar
  • evler

Choose the plural

The plural of okul is _____. The plural of ders is _____. The plural of kitap is _____. The plural of ev is _____.

okullar dersler kitaplar evler okuller derslar kitapler evlar

Build the sentence

An interactive activity.

Which word?

Which Turkish word means 'an exam'?

  • sınav
  • kalem
  • sınıf
  • öğrenci

At school

Okulda, bir öğrenci bir _____ okur ve bir _____ ile yazar. Öğretmen bir _____ verir. Yıl sonunda bir _____ var.

kitap kalem ders sınav okul öğrenci öğretmen sınıf

Choose the best Turkish

An interactive activity.

Write about your school

An interactive activity.