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 _____.
Build the sentence
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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.
Choose the best Turkish
An interactive activity.
Write about your school
An interactive activity.