I can say where I am, what's nearby, what I do and don't do, where I'm going and where I'm coming from — without mixing up the three Turkish “nots”.
What we review
What we review
What we review:
• three place cases on one word: evde “at home” — eve “(to) home” — evden “from home”; the questions Nerede? — Nereye? — Nereden?
• okuldan uzak “far from the school” — okula yakın “close to the school”;
• the present tense: geliyorum — gelmiyorum — geliyor musun?
• the three Turkish “nots”: değil — “is not (a …)”, -mıyor — “doesn't do”, yok — “there isn't” (see the table);
• var, and the describing word before the noun: Evde büyük bir oda var;
• de written apart means “too” (ben de); attached, it means “in, at” (evde).
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Ben öğrenci yok” → Ben öğrenci değilim
• NOT “Burada banka değil” → Burada banka yok
• NOT “Ben otuz” → Otuz yaşındayım
The module is over: now you can say where you are, what there is at home and in town, what you're doing, where you're going, and where from.
Where, where to, and where from with one word
Questions: Nerede? — Nereye? — Nereden?
| Word | Nerede? where | Nereye? where to | Nereden? where from |
|---|---|---|---|
| ev | evde | eve | evden |
| iş | işte | işe | işten |
| park | parkta | parka | parktan |
| banka | bankada | bankaya | bankadan |
| bura | burada | buraya | buradan |
| ben | — | bana | benden |
Three “nots”
Each “not” has its own job: you can't use one in place of another.
| What is negated | With what | Example |
|---|---|---|
| is not | değil + personal ending | Turist değilim. |
| doesn't do | -mıyor | Çalışmıyorum. |
| there isn't, doesn't have | yok | Balkon yok. |
Lesson notes
What we review
What we review:
• three place cases on one word: evde “at home” — eve “(to) home” — evden “from home”; the questions Nerede? — Nereye? — Nereden?
• okuldan uzak “far from the school” — okula yakın “close to the school”;
• the present tense: geliyorum — gelmiyorum — geliyor musun?
• the three Turkish “nots”: değil — “is not (a …)”, -mıyor — “doesn't do”, yok — “there isn't” (see the table);
• var, and the describing word before the noun: Evde büyük bir oda var;
• de written apart means “too” (ben de); attached, it means “in, at” (evde).
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Ben öğrenci yok” → Ben öğrenci değilim
• NOT “Burada banka değil” → Burada banka yok
• NOT “Ben otuz” → Otuz yaşındayım
The module is over: now you can say where you are, what there is at home and in town, what you're doing, where you're going, and where from.