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Recognize and use everyday greetings such as merhaba, selam, günaydın, iyi akşamlar, and iyi geceler. Choose greetings that fit casual, polite, morning, evening, and night situations.
Translate words from your previous vocabulary lesson.
Use common farewells and polite expressions such as hoşça kal, güle güle, görüşürüz, lütfen, teşekkür ederim, and rica ederim.
Read sentences using words you recently learned.
Listen to sentences using words you recently learned.
Ask and answer how someone is with Nasılsın?, Nasılsınız?, İyiyim, Teşekkürler, and Sen? Distinguish casual sen forms from polite siz forms in short exchanges.
Ask for and give names with Adın ne?, Adınız ne?, Benim adım…, and Memnun oldum. Build short first-meeting exchanges using names and polite responses.
Recognize Turkish subject pronouns such as ben, sen, o, biz, siz, and onlar. Choose sen for informal “you” and siz for polite or plural “you.”
Build simple “I am” and “you are” sentences with personal endings, as in Ben iyiyim, Sen Türk’sün, and Siz Amerikalısınız. Match endings to the subject and the final vowel of the word.
Use değil to make simple negative personal statements, such as İyi değilim and Türk değilim. Compare affirmative and negative answers about condition, name, and origin.
Ask yes-or-no questions with mı, mi, mu, and mü, as in İyi misin? and Türk müsünüz? Choose the question particle form that matches vowel harmony.
Ask and answer where someone is from with Nerelisin?, Nerelisiniz?, Türkiyeliyim, Amerikalıyım, and Türküm. Recognize common country and origin words used in first conversations.
Use common short personal-information chunks such as Ben Türküm, Ben Amerikalıyım, Ben öğrenciyim, and İstanbul’danım. Give one or two simple facts about yourself in a greeting exchange.
Review this chapter with practice based on your mistakes.
