Who Am I? - Family and Personal Characteristics
Start talking about yourself and your family in Turkish. Learn the key words, the special letters, and why Turkish has no he or she.
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Free, interactive practice on the words and structures the examiner keeps asking for.
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Talking about yourself in Turkish
Turkish uses the Latin alphabet, so you can already read most of it. Two things are new: it has a few extra letters, and there is no grammatical gender at all. The biggest surprise is that Turkish has two letter i shapes: a dotted i and a dotless ı, and they are different letters. You will meet them in the words below.
Saying who you are
These are the first chunks for a short personal introduction.
The family
The core family and friends words from the identity topic.
Match each Turkish word to its meaning
- ben
- adım
- aile
- baba
- arkadaş
- I
- my name
- family
- father
- friend
Spot the word
Which word means "father"?
- baba
- anne
- erkek kardeş
- arkadaş
Match each family word to its meaning
- anne
- erkek kardeş
- kız kardeş
- mother
- brother
- sister
Find the sibling words
Tap the TWO Turkish phrases that name siblings.
- kız kardeş
- erkek kardeş
- anne
- baba
Letters and no gender
Two Turkish-specific points matter for accuracy.
True of Turkish?
Which statement about Turkish is correct?
- It has no grammatical gender: one word covers he and she
- Every noun is masculine or feminine, like Italian
- It is written right to left
- It uses the Cyrillic alphabet
Family members
Select ALL THREE words that are family members.
- baba
- anne
- erkek kardeş
- arkadaş
- ben
- adım
Introduce yourself
Choose the right word at each step to introduce yourself and your family.
- To say "I", which word do you use?
- To say "my name", which word?
- To talk about your sister, which phrase?
One more word
Which word means "friend"?
- arkadaş
- aile
- baba
- ben
The right word
Complete in Turkish: "father" is _____, "mother" is _____, "family" is _____, and "friend" is _____.
Write a tiny profile
Write two short Turkish lines using only patterns from this module.
- Use ben or benim adım... to introduce yourself.
- Add one family or friend word, such as baba, anne, aile or arkadaş.
- Check the Turkish letters carefully, especially ı in adım and ş in kardeş or arkadaş.