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Level 1
Level 2
- Adding word endings (agglutination)Agglutination — Open lesson
- Comprehensive Pronunciation GuidePronunciation guide · Pronunciation exceptions — Open lesson
- Individualism and Collectivism in TurkeyIndividualism and collectivism · Challenges for people from other cultures — Open lesson
- Israr: insistence and hospitality in TurkeyConfusing situations · Cultural blunders · Insistence and hospitality — Open lesson
- Nazar: the Evil Eye in Turkish CultureOrigins of the Evil Eye · Words and phrases · Cultural practices · Items and symbols — Open lesson
- Power distance in TurkeyCultural expectations · Instructions and correction · Using polite language — Open lesson
- Pronounsben, sen, o, biz, siz, onlar · bu, şu, o — Open lesson
- The 1000+ most common words in Turkish — Open lesson
- The Turkish Concept of TimeFlexible and event oriented · Formal vs. informal settings — Open lesson
- Vowel harmony-lar · I-type vowel harmony · E-type vowel harmony · Exceptions — Open lesson
Level 3
- Beginner commands-(no ending)/-ın · Singular and plural · Pronouns with commands · Handling irregular verbs — Open lesson
- Noun possession (benim, senin, onun, bizim, sizin, onların)-(n)ın/in/un/ün · -(s)ı/i/u/ü · benim, senin, onun — Open lesson
- Professions (-cı/ci/cu/cü and -çı/çi/çu/çü)-cı · Other uses for -cı besides professions — Open lesson
- The compound noun ending (‑sı/si/su/sü or ‑ı/i/u/ü)-(s)ı · Exceptions — Open lesson
- To be or not to be-yım/yız/sın/sınız/lar · değil · Changing ç/p/t/k to c/b/d/ğ — Open lesson
Level 4
Level 5
- Ablative case: “from” in Turkish (‑dan/den/tan/ten)-dan/den/tan/ten · bundan, şundan, ondan — Open lesson
- Accusative case: the direct object ending (‑ı/i/u/ü, ‑yı/yi/yu/yü)-(y)ı · When to use it · burayı, şurayı, orayı, nereyi · bunu, şunu, onu — Open lesson
- Dative case: to, toward (‑a/e/ya/ye)-(y)a · Using -(y)a with pronouns · nereye, buraya, şuraya, oraya — Open lesson
- Negative verbs-mıyor · -mıyor musun? · -mamak — Open lesson
- Past tense copula: how to say “was” (idi, ‑(y)dı/di/du/dü, ‑tı/ti/tu/tü)idi · -(y)dı · vardı, yoktu · değildi — Open lesson
- With / By / And (ile, ‑yla/yle/la/le)ile · -(y)la · Using ile with pronouns · Using "neyle" and "kiminle" — Open lesson
Level 6
- Beginner ‑mış/miş/müş/muş grammar forms-mış — Open lesson
- Expressing need using “ihtiyaç”-a ihtiyaç var/yok · -a ihtiyacım var/yok — Open lesson
- Expressing need using “lazım”lazım · -mak lazım — Open lesson
- For, to (için)için · için değil · -mak için — Open lesson
- Future tense (‑acak/ecek)-acak/ecek · Handling irregular verbs · Asking yes or no questions · Pronouncing -acak/ecek — Open lesson
- Optative Mood (‑ayım/‑alım/‑sın)-(y)ayım · -(y)alım · -sın · -(y)a, -(y)asın, -(y)asınız — Open lesson
- Past tense verbs (‑dı/di/du/dü or ‑tı/ti/tu/tü)-dı/di/du/dü or -tı/ti/tu/tü · Asking yes or no questions — Open lesson
- Should, must, need to (-malı/meli)-malı · -mamalı (negative) · Questions with -malı — Open lesson
- Simple Present Tense or Aorist (‑ar/er/ır/ir/ur/ür/r)-ar/ır/r · 12 uses of the aorist — Open lesson
- Was doing (‑ıyordu/iyordu/uyordu/üyordu)-ıyordu · Using -ıyordu to mean "almost" — Open lesson
Level 7
- 3 rules for using “bazı” (some)Bazı — Open lesson
- 7 rules for using “insan” versus “kişi”Vocab: "insan," "kişi" — Open lesson
- Ability, permission and possibility (‑abilir, ‑amaz, ‑mayabilir)-abilir · -amaz · -mayabilir — Open lesson
- After (‑dan sonra, ‑dıktan sonra)bundan sonra · ondan sonra · -dan sonra · -dıktan sonra — Open lesson
- Beginner “kendi” formsUsing kendi with nouns · Using kendi with verbs — Open lesson
- Beginner conditionals: how to say, “if…” (ise, ‑(y)sa, ‑arsa/ırsa)ise and -(y)sa/se · değilse · varsa, yoksa · -arsa, -mazsa — Open lesson
- Continuation of a verb (‑ıp/‑adurmak, ‑ıp/‑akalmak)-ıp durmak · -akalmak · -ıp kalmak · -a dur — Open lesson
- Nearly-repeating word pairs (çoluk çocuk, falan filan)Tekme tokat · Çoluk çocuk · Falan filan — Open lesson
- Passive and reflexive verbs (‑n/ın/in/un/ün and ‑ıl/il/ul/ül)-(ı)n · -(ı)l · Exceptions — Open lesson
- Past perfect: “had done” (‑mıştı)-mıştı · -mamıştı · -mış mıydı? · -dıydı — Open lesson
- Relative clauses using -an/en/yan/yen-an/en/yan/yen · Handling irregular verbs · Relative clauses in place of nouns — Open lesson
- The “N buffer”: compound nouns with case markings (-sını, -sının, -sına, -sında, -sından)-sını, -sına, -sında, -sından · The n buffer with pronouns, location words — Open lesson
- Using “ki” to say “that”ki · Introducing quotations · Using "ki" in expressions, exclamations, and parenthetical comments — Open lesson
- Was going to (‑acaktı/ecekti)-acaktı · Neredeyse, az kalsın · Hani — Open lesson
- Without, before (‑madan/meden)-madan · -madan önce · "Without," "before," and other uses — Open lesson