by Dagmar R. | Feb 27, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
This blog article is a follow-up on Vowel Harmony (Part 1), so please make sure you read Part 1, otherwise this blog article will not make sense. To put it all together, we can use a string of suffixes long beloved of Turkish teachers and a tongue-twister it is worth...
by Dagmar R. | Feb 15, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
Vowel Harmony In order to provide additional help to new learners of Turkish, Hands on Turkish is publishing a series of articles focusing on particular sticking-points in the grammar that often confuse learners whose first language is not Turkic. These are not...
by Dagmar R. | Nov 20, 2017 | Turkish language, Useful phrases
Here are some useful Turkish phrases for greetings you might find useful when travelling in Turkey. Turkish greetings Günaydın – Good morning Merhaba / Selam – Hello İyi akşamlar – Good evening İyi günler – Good day Asking how...
by Dagmar R. | Nov 26, 2016 | Turkish language
The German state of Niedersachsen has endorsed Turkish, Arabic and Russian as languages to be offered and promoted in schools as way to encourage mutual understanding and open-mindedness. The drive, known as ‘Mehrsprachigkeit födern’ (promoting...
by Dagmar R. | Apr 17, 2016 | Turkish language
Turkish has become an official language of the European Union. It is now the 25th official language of the European Union. By implication this would mean that all public EU reports and documentation now need to be translated into Turkish. The breakthrough has little...
by Dagmar R. | Apr 30, 2015 | Turkish language
One of the key topics that was discussed at the 1st International Congress of Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language was how to teach Turkish vocabulary. Turkish words are notoriously difficult to learn as they bear no resemblance to words from other European...
