İstanbul'da ilk gün

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Words

48

Sentences

13

Words per sentence

3.7

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• geliyor · kahvaltı yapıyor · gidiyor

  The present: stem + -iyor + the personal ending: geliyor, yapıyor, gidiyor. The present in “-iyor” →

• Masada · lokantada · İstanbul'da

  Place in -de/-da: masada “on the table”, lokantada “in the restaurant”. With names, after an apostrophe: İstanbul'da. The locative: where something is →

• deniz var

  var means “there is”: Pencerenin karşısında deniz var. “There is the sea opposite the window.” There is and have: “var” and “yok” →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 30 of the 38 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• akşam

  evening; in the evening

  A1

• balık

  fish

  A1

• bugün

  today

  A1

• deniz

  sea

  A1

• ekmek

  bread

  A1

• garson

  waiter, waitress

  A1

• gelmek

  to come

  A1

• gitmek

  to go

  A1

• gülmek

  to laugh

  A1

• güneşli

  sunny

  A1

• güzel

  beautiful, nice; tasty

  A1

• hava

  weather; air

  A1

• kahvaltı

  breakfast

  A1

• küçük

  small, little; younger

  A1

• lezzetli

  tasty, delicious

  A1

• lokanta

  restaurant

  A1

• masa

  table

  A1

• müze

  museum

  A1

• otel

  hotel

  A1

• pencere

  window

  A1

• peynir

  cheese

  A1

• sabah

  morning; in the morning

  A1

• sormak

  to ask

  A1

• temiz

  clean

  A1

• yapmak

  to do, to make

  A1

• yemek

  to eat

  A1

• zeytin

  olive

  A1

• çay

  tea

  A1

• çıkmak

  to go out; to go up, to climb

  A1

• şehir

  city, town

  A1

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The verbs on this page, in every form: gelmek · gitmek · yemek · sormak · gülmek

Comprehension questions

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