Colloquial Turkish

Colloquial Turkish provides a step-by-step course in Turkish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Turkish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include: - progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills - structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar - an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises - realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios - useful vocabulary lists throughout the text - additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Turkish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Turkish. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Ad Backus is a researcher at the Department of Linguistics, Tilburg University. Jeroen Aarssen is a researcher at the Centre for Studies of Multilingualism, Tilburg University.

Introduction 1 1 Nasilsin? How are you? 2 Tatil yapiyoruz We're on holiday 3 Nerede? Where? 4 Muhallebicide At the cake shop 5 Kac yasindasin? How old are you? 6 Ali 'nin yeni evini goerdun mu? Have you seen Ali's new house? 7 Yedide gideceg iz We'll leave at seven 8 Sizi bekleriz! We're expecting you! 9 Dedikodu yapma! Don't gossip! 10 Tekrarlama Review 11 Cok deg ismis She has changed a lot 12 Zengin olsam . If I were rich 13 Gecmis olsun! Get well soon 14 Sayin oegrencilerimizin dikkat edecegi hususlar Matters to which our respected students should pay attention, 15 Size oeg retip oeg retemediklerimiz 241 The things we could and couldn't teach you, Ready-reference grammar, Key to exercises, English-Turkish glossary, Turkish-English glossary, Index