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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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 🙋
Two ways to introduce yourself: - **ben** = I - **adım** = my name (note the **dotless ı**) So benim adım Ali means "my name is Ali".
The family 👨👩👧
The core family and friends words: - **baba** = father, **anne** = mother - **erkek kardeş** = brother, **kız kardeş** = sister - **aile** = family, **arkadaş** = friend
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
Spot the word
Which phrase means "sister"?
- kız kardeş
- erkek kardeş
- anne
- aile
Letters and no gender 🔤
Turkish uses the Latin alphabet with some extra letters: **ç, ğ, ş, ö, ü**, and the two i shapes, **dotted i** and **dotless ı**. Swapping them changes the word, so they matter. Turkish also has **no grammatical gender**. There is no "he" or "she": the single word **o** covers he, she and it. So, unlike Italian, you never learn a word as masculine or feminine.
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
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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 _____.
Turkish summary
Turkish uses the Latin alphabet, but with a dotted i and a _____ i as two letters. Unlike Italian, Turkish has no grammatical _____. The word for family is _____ and the word for "I" is _____.