Another new language...! Why I am learning Turkish 🇹🇷

You heard right... I'm learning Turkish! I chat a bit about why, and I go into the concept of "language projects". Enjoy! #learningturkish #polyglot #languages

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[akuused]

I love that idea about learning languages without any expectations other than finding out about the culture, the feeling of the language, communicating a bit in it and just being relaxed with it. Definitely a great mindset!

[Turkishle]

Happy to hear that you've started learning Turkish Lindie! You'll inspire many people to learn our beautiful language :) Kolay gelsin!

[pocahontas]

As a Turkish person, this is great news for me I am so happy to hear that. Good luck with that, it seems difficult for English speakers but since you know a lot of languages I am certain you can learn it very easily. Hope you the best!

[ChrisBadges]

Hi, Lindie!
At my German university when I took their Turkish courses as a guest hearer in the Middle Eastern department, we used the primer by Margarethe Ersen-Rasch. The editors, Harassowitz, have brought out several books on Turkish, also more specific works about particles and supplementary grammar exercises. There's even one on advanced Turkish that includes lots of cultural knowledge, explaining codified phrases of politeness in their context.
But there is also an English resource I used: the Turkish Grammar by Lewis in English(Oxford University Edition).
Here in Germany it is relatively easy to get hold of books in and about Turkish, as there is a really strong Turkish community.
As a really easy start into reading there is a book by Compact edition called "Son Durak İstanbul"(Last station İstanbul) with crime stories and lots of German vocabulary explanations.
As my listening comprehension I have the Short Stories in Turkish for Beginners by Olly Richards on Audible, as a download when I am not online. I like that the stories are both interesting and the speed is moderate, while the context always helps a lot.
Online, however, there is a fantastic teacher on YouTube called Ali Yılmaz: He sticks to Turkish in his lessons, even the earliest ones(level A1). Very skilled man.
I hope this could help and I wish you lots of fun with your language project.

[falafelbrincess]

I'm learning Turkish and Japanese right now and as someone else mentioned, you might notice some similarities in the grammar! I used to get frustrated with Turkish because I knew a lot of vocabulary and some basic grammar, but I couldn't make up sentences on my own. It didn't start to click for me until I discovered just how important verbal nouns are in Turkish. I recommend looking into this, even if you don't plan to study Turkish in depth, because it took me from "????" to being able to form a proper sentence. Başarılar!

[PumpkinMozie]

I love the idea of learning a language purely for fun with no major expectations. Good luck with Turkish!!

[AltaMenneh]

Yay! So excited to see how you do this. I have Turkish as next on my language list. Was so happy to hear you explain your definition of "language projects". A great reminder to me, to just have fun, be curious and explore the languages that I want to, when I want to, without fluency as the goal.❤❤❤

[piotrkolibabski]

Good luck with learning Turkish! You'll be pleasantly surprised to notice some similarities between Turkish and Korean grammar, so I hope it will make Turkish grammar less intimidating for you 😊 All in all this is a very fun language and it has a lot of colourful turns of phrases - I don't know any other language where there are expressions you use to specifically greet someone that you see working or wish somebody joy in using something they have just bought or received.

[ChillingMan]

as a Turkish, I am glad you are trying to learn our language even if its basic. hope you make it and love Turkiye :)

[lewessays]

that's awesome. Turkish will probably be my third language since, it seems to be the second language after English that I am taking seriously to learn. I have found it to be a really beautiful language.. hope, you feel the same way.
Turkish music is on another level.

[ahitchhikersstudyguide]

As a Turk, I highly appreciate your interest in Turkish! Keep going

[Ebyssr]

Love the idea of language projects. One of my favourite pieces of advice is that you’re not obliged to be good at your hobbies, you just have to enjoy them.

[ailamat]

Merhaba, çok sevindim Türkçeye başlamanıza❤❤❤

[Letter]

IM SO GLAD YOURE LEARNING TURKISH i love it when language youtubers pick up on this language it gives way to so many resources and just boosts my overall motivation to continue learning it actively

[kevinp]

Turkish isn’t difficult per se but just very different. Fortunately Turkish people love to chat with yabancılar so whether you like it or not you’ll be getting practice.

[GeeClef]

So happy to see that you're learning Turkish! I found Language Transfer's free Turkish course very insightful when I was first starting out. Have you heard of it? Language Transfer does a great job of teaching you how to think about the language from the very beginning.

[omkarjadhav]

Such an amazing concept of "language projects" constantly when we are learning a language, our mind is bombarded with questions like "How will I get to a certain level" "How will I speak it and about certain topics" and just like questions your whole motive of learning the language but having a particular language as a project can really help us stay calm, explore, learn without vast expectations of becoming fluent in it and in terms of traveling just learning till the upper beginner/intermediate level can get through the journey! Good luck on your turkish, lindie! Love you lots ❤

[alessia]

I love the idea of language projects! I have been thinking about learning korean before but never did because I know I don‘t have any ambition to become fluent. Maybe I’ll try out learning the basics just for fun ☺️

[WitcherJake]

I started learning Turkish about 2-3 months ago after a year of learning Korean. Turkish grammar has not been too bad, Korean has been a really helpful reference point while learning Turkish.

I started with Duolingo and LingQ mini-stories and a few weeks ago I started taking lessons on iTalki. My teacher has been wonderful and I would recommend her lessons if you are looking for a tutor.

[PolyglotProgress]

So excited to watch your progress with Turkish and I hope you have a great time in Turkiye! I love that outlook on language projects too! It's so important to learn languages the way we want to and not how others feel we should