KitsumiFree basic Turkish words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Turkish: how the letters sound, how words are built, 232 everyday words and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- How Turkish soundsTurkish is read exactly as it's written. One page covers c, ç, ş, the soft ğ, the dotless ı and the dotted İ, ö and ü, the tapped r and where the stress goes, with an example word for each.
- How words workNo gender and no word for the. Suffixes stack in order, ev, evler, evlerim, evlerimde, and change their vowels to match the word. The verb goes last.
- 232 words, then show wordsGreetings, question words, family, days, numbers, food, places and verbs, with the suffix in colour. Then Hadi!, Yok artık!, canım and abi, a note on İnşallah and Maşallah, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the sounds page aloud once, then keep it next to you.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to recognise a suffix when you see one.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the grey English on the last page and read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Turkish with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Bir, çok and tamam turn up all the time.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Is Turkish hard to read?
No. Every letter has one sound and every letter is said. Learn ç, ş, ğ, ı, ö and ü and you can read any word aloud.
What is vowel harmony?
Endings change their vowel to match the last vowel of the word: evler, houses, but kitaplar, books. The sheet has a small table for it.