LESSON NOTES

Survival Phrases S1 #8
I Don't Understand in Turkish

CONTENTS
2 Turkish
2 English
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
3 Cultural Insight

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 TURKISH

1. Anlamıyorum.

2. Bilmiyorum.

3. T ürkçe konuşmuyorum.

ENGLISH

1. I don't understand.

2. I don't know.

3. I don't speak Turkish.

VOCABULARY

Tur kish English C lass

anlamıyorum I don't understand phrase

anlamak to understand, to realize verb

bilmek to know verb

konuşmak to speak verb

Türkçe Turkish language noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Bu dersi anlamıyorum. Anladın mı?

"I don't understand this lesson." "Did you understand?"

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Hiç anlamadım. Ne söylediğini anlamıyorum.

"I didn’t understand at all." "I don't understand what you are saying."

Ne zaman geri dönecek bilmiyorum. Onun ismini bilmiyorum.

"I don't know when he is coming back." "I don't know her name."

Yeni projesi hakkında konuştu. Seninle konuşmuyorum.

"He talked about his new project." "I'm not talking to you."

Ben Türkçe öğreniyorum. Türkçe gerçekten zor.

"I’m learning Turkish." "Turkish is really hard."

GRAMMAR

In this lesson we shall see a very useful phrase meaning "I don't understand." It is useful, of
course, because many times you won't immediately pick up on what people are saying.

In Turkish, "I don't understand" is Anlamıyorum.

Another thing you can say when you're confused is "I don't know," which in Turkish is
Bilmiyorum.

Another recourse is to tell someone, "I don't speak Turkish." This phrase in Turkish is Türkçe
konuşmuyorum.

The first word, Türkçe, means "Turkish." This is followed by konuşmuyorum, which means "do
not speak."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Quick Tip 1

When engaged in a conversation with a Turkish person, you're likely not to understand
everything they're saying to you. This could be for a number of reasons: their accent, how fast
they're speaking, or the vocabulary that they're using. If this happens, don't be afraid to say
Anlamıyorum. Turkish people will be more than happy to explain what they have just said.

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Quick Tip 2

After Turkish people have told you something, they might ask you Anladın mı?, meaning "Did
you understand?" If you did, you can answer with Anladım, which means "I understood."

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