A2 · 39 words

School and studies in Turkish

Lessons and class, exam and mark, dictionary, mistake and exercise — for school and for your own course.

Practise this list

From these 39 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.

More about this list

You need many of these words straight away, even if you left school long ago: in a Turkish class you will hear Bu cümleyi tekrarlar mısınız? “Could you repeat this sentence?” or ask Bu kelimenin anlamı ne? “What does this word mean?”. School stages usually take the locative — Oğlum lisede “My son is at secondary school” — and a school subject takes the ablative when it is about an exam: matematikten sınav “a maths exam”, literally “an exam from maths”.

The words

Verb (5)

ezberlemekto learn by heartVerbA2

Her gün on yeni kelime ezberliyorum.I learn ten new words by heart every day.

Accusative when definite: şiiri ezberledim.

Conjugation of ezberlemek →

tekrarlamakto repeatVerbA2

Lütfen son cümleyi tekrarlar mısınız?Could you repeat the last sentence, please?

anlatmakto tell, to explainVerbA2

Öğretmen konuyu çok güzel anlattı.The teacher explained the topic very well.

What: accusative; to whom: dative, bana anlat.

Conjugation of anlatmak →

çevirmekto translate; to turnVerbA2

Bu mektubu Türkçeye çevirdim.I translated this letter into Turkish.

What: accusative; into which language: dative, Almancaya çevirmek.

mezun olmakto graduateVerbA2

Ağabeyim geçen yıl üniversiteden mezun oldu.My older brother graduated from university last year.

From where: ablative, liseden mezun olmak.

Noun (31)

Grammar for these: No article, no gender · The plural with -ler and -lar

derslesson, class; subjectNounA2

Türkçe dersi saat dokuzda başlıyor.The Turkish lesson starts at nine.

“To study, to do homework”: ders çalışmak.

sınıfclass, year; classroomNounA2

Kızım üçüncü sınıfa gidiyor.My daughter is in year three.

sınavexam, testNounA2

Yarın matematikten sınavım var.I have a maths exam tomorrow.

The subject in the ablative: Türkçeden sınav. “To pass”: sınavı geçmek.

ödevhomeworkNounA2

Ödevini bitirdin mi?Have you finished your homework?

notmark, grade; noteNounA2

Bu dönem notların çok iyi.Your marks are very good this term.

“To take notes”: not almak.

dönemterm, semester; periodNounA2

Yeni dönem eylülde başlıyor.The new term starts in September.

üniversiteuniversityNounA2

Ablam Ankara'da üniversite okuyor.My older sister is at university in Ankara.

“To study”: üniversite okumak or üniversitede okumak.

bölümdepartment, subject of study; section; episodeNounA2

Hangi bölümde okuyorsun?What are you studying?

kurscourseNounA2

Akşamları Türkçe kursuna gidiyorum.In the evenings I go to a Turkish course.

ilkokulprimary schoolNounA2

Oğlum bu yıl ilkokula başladı.My son started primary school this year.

“To start” takes the dative: okula başlamak.

lisesecondary school, high schoolNounA2

Lisede en sevdiğin ders hangisiydi?What was your favourite subject at secondary school?

anaokulunursery school, kindergartenNounA2

Küçük kızım sabahları anaokuluna gidiyor.My little daughter goes to nursery in the mornings.

A compound with -u; an n comes before the ending: anaokuluna.

kütüphanelibraryNounA2

Sınavdan önce kütüphanede çalışıyorum.Before the exam I study in the library.

sözlükdictionaryNounA2

Bu kelimeyi sözlükte bulamadım.I could not find this word in the dictionary.

Softens: sözlüğüm, sözlüğe.

silgirubber, eraserNounA2

Silgini bana verir misin?Will you give me your rubber?

tahtaboard (in class); woodNounA2

Öğretmen tarihi tahtaya yazdı.The teacher wrote the date on the board.

müdürhead teacher; manager, directorNounA2

Okul müdürü velilerle konuştu.The head teacher talked to the parents.

matematikmathsNounA2

Matematik benim için hep zordu.Maths was always hard for me.

İngilizceEnglish (language)NounA2

Okulda İngilizce de öğreniyoruz.At school we learn English too.

Capital İ with a dot; language names take endings without an apostrophe: İngilizceyi.

teneffüsbreak (at school)NounA2

Teneffüste bahçede oynuyoruz.At break we play in the playground.

sayfapageNounA2

Kitaplarınızın kırk ikinci sayfasını açın.Open your books at page forty-two.

örnekexampleNounA2

Bana bir örnek verebilir misiniz?Could you give me an example?

Softens: örneği; “for example”: örneğin or mesela.

cümlesentenceNounA2

Bu cümleyi Almancaya çevirebilir misin?Can you translate this sentence into German?

harfletter (of the alphabet)NounA2

Türk alfabesinde yirmi dokuz harf var.The Turkish alphabet has twenty-nine letters.

The ending is front-vowelled although the vowel is a: harfi, harfler.

hatamistake, errorNounA2

Ödevinde sadece iki hata var.There are only two mistakes in your homework.

“To make a mistake”: hata yapmak.

alıştırmaexerciseNounA2

Evde bu alıştırmaları yapın.Do these exercises at home.

konutopic, subjectNounA2

Bugünkü dersin konusu ne?What is the topic of today’s lesson?

bursscholarship, grantNounA2

Kardeşim bir burs kazandı.My sister has won a scholarship.

yurthall of residence; homelandNounA2

İlk yıl öğrenci yurdunda kaldım.In my first year I lived in a student hall.

One syllable and still softens: yurdu, yurda.

eğitimeducation, trainingNounA2

Çocuklarının eğitimi onun için çok önemli.Her children’s education is very important to her.

karneschool reportNounA2

Çocuklar haziranda karnelerini alıyor.The children get their reports in June.

Adjective (3)

Grammar for these: The adjective comes first and stays the same · Bigger and biggest: “daha” and “en”

başarılısuccessful, doing wellAdjectiveA2

Elif derslerinde çok başarılı.Elif is doing very well at school.

sözlüoral; oral examAdjectiveA2

Yarın İngilizceden sözlü sınavım var.Tomorrow I have an English oral exam.

yazılıwritten; written testAdjectiveA2

Matematik yazılısı çok zordu.The maths test was very hard.

As a noun at school: yazılı “written test”.

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