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Newcomer (A1)

8 courses

Newcomer (A1) - Course 1

Newcomer (A1) - Course 2

Newcomer (A1) - Course 3

Newcomer (A1) - Course 4

Newcomer (A1) - Course 5

Newcomer (A1) - Course 6

Newcomer (A1) - Course 7

Newcomer (A1) - Course 8

10 lessons

Start with a placement quiz

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 1

Merhaba!

Hello!

Here you'll learn:

how to say "hello", "yes" and "please" in Turkish
how to pronounce the letters "ş" and "ç"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 2

Merhaba! Review

Hello!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lesson

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 3

İyi günler! Part 1

Good afternoon!

Here you'll learn:

formal greetings in Turkish like "good afternoon" and "goodbye"
how to pronounce the letters "ı" and "i"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 4

İyi günler! Part 2

Good afternoon!

Here you'll learn:

easy ways to introduce yourself and say your name
saying "thank you"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 5

İyi günler! Review

Good afternoon!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
introducing yourself and saying thank you

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 6

The pronunciation of "i" and "ı"

Here you'll learn:

the pronunciation and difference between the vowels "i" and "ı"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 7

Nasılsın? Part 1

How are you?

Here you'll learn:

how to say "Good evening", "How are you?" and "I am fine" in Turkish

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 8

Nasılsın? Part 2

How are you?

Here you'll learn:

how to say how you are
how to ask others how they are

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 9

Nasılsın? Review

How are you?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
to say how you are and ask others how they are

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 1, Lesson 10

The pronunciation of "s" and "ş"

Here you'll learn:

the pronunciation and difference between the letters "s" and "ş"

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15 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 1

Türk mü? Part 1

Is he Turkish?

Here you'll learn:

how to say "Good morning!", "no", "Is he/she Turkish?" and "I am German" in Turkish

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 2

Türk mü? Part 2

Is he Turkish?

Here you'll learn:

how to state your nationality
the major vowel harmony with "ü"/"ö" and "a"/"ı"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 3

Türk mü? Part 3

Is he Turkish?

Here you'll learn:

how to ask someone their nationality
how to form yes/no questions with the question particles "mı" and "mü"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 4

Türk mü? Review

Is he Turkish?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
how to form questions with "mı" und "mü"
the major vowel harmony with "ü"/"ö" and "a"/"ı"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 5

The pronunciation of "s" and "z"

Here you'll learn:

how to pronounce the letters "s" and "z"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 6

Ben öğretmenim. Part 1

I am a teacher.

Here you'll learn:

the personal pronouns ("ben", "sen", "o", …)

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 7

Ben öğretmenim. Part 2

I am a teacher.

Here you'll learn:

how to say "teacher", "doctor" and "student" in Turkish

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 8

Ben öğretmenim. Part 3

I am a teacher.

Here you'll learn:

how to state your nationality and your profession and ask others their nationality and their profession
the major vowel harmony with "u/o" and "e/i"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 9

Ben öğretmenim. Review

I am a teacher.

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the personal pronouns
the rules of the major vowel harmony

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 10

The pronunciation of "y" and "ğ"

Here you'll learn:

how to pronounce the letters "y" und "ğ"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 11

Güle güle! Part 1

Goodbye!

Here you'll learn:

how to talk about your partner and friends and how to give your regards

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 12

Güle güle! Part 2

Goodbye!

Here you'll learn:

the personal endings using the example of "mutlu"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 13

Güle güle! Part 3

Goodbye!

Here you'll learn:

how to form the personal endings for other adjectives according to the rule of vowel harmony

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 14

Güle güle! Review

Goodbye!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the personal endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 2, Lesson 15

The pronunciation of "c" and "ç"

Here you'll learn:

how to pronounce the letters "c" and "ç"

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10 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 1

Ailen nasıl? Part 1

How is your family?

Here you'll learn:

how to say "mother", "father", "brother" and "sister" in Turkish

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 2

Ailen nasıl? Part 2

How is your family?

Here you'll learn:

to talk about your family
to express possession for "my" and "your" using the possessive endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 3

Ailen nasıl? Review

How is your family?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
expressing possession for "my" and "your"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 4

Possessive adjectives

Here you'll learn:

the Turkish possessive adjectives in the singular and plural

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 5

Efendim? Part 1

Pardon?

Here you'll learn:

to ask if you haven't understood something
to ask others for their names
and review the possessive endings for "my" and "your" with the rules of the major vowel harmony

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 6

Efendim? Part 2

Pardon?

Here you'll learn:

to talk about your relatives and ask others about theirs
the possessive endings for "his/her", "our" and "your"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 7

Efendim? Review

Pardon?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the possessive pronouns and endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 8

Param yok. Part 1

I don't have any money.

Here you'll learn:

to tell someone that you're at home
to ask about the presence or absence of things and reply to these questions using "var" and "yok"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 9

Param yok. Part 2

I don't have any money.

Here you'll learn:

to talk about things you have or do not have
to ask if someone has time to meet

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 3, Lesson 10

Param yok. Review

I don't have any money.

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the use of "var" and "yok"

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15 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 1

Numbers from 1 to 6

Here you'll learn:

the numbers from 1 to 6

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 2

Bir çay lütfen! Part 1

A tea, please!

Here you'll learn:

to name and order something to drink
how to use numbers with nouns

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 3

Bir çay lütfen! Part 2

A tea, please!

Here you'll learn:

the infinitive of verbs
the forms of the verb "içmek" (to drink) in the present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 4

Bir çay lütfen! Part 3

A tea, please!

Here you'll learn:

to ask what someone is doing
to chat with friends in a café
some Turkish verbs in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 5

Bir çay lütfen! Review

A tea, please!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the numbers from 1 to 6
the verb forms in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 6

Vowel deletion of verbs in the "İyor" present

Here you'll learn:

the forms of "istemek" (to want, would like) in the "İyor" present
the vowel deletion of verbs ending in a vowel

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 7

Ne yiyoruz? Part 1

What are we eating?

Here you'll learn:

further useful words for everyday life
the forms of "çalışmak" (to work) in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 8

Ne yiyoruz? Part 2

What are we eating?

Here you'll learn:

the irregular verb "gitmek" (to go) in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 9

Ne yiyoruz? Part 3

What are we eating?

Here you'll learn:

how to ask questions in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 10

Ne yiyoruz? Review

What are we eating?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the conjugation in the "İyor" present
the "İyor" present with question particles

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 11

Interrogatives

Here you'll learn:

how to use 'wh'-question words in Turkish

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 12

Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 1

Where do you live?

Here you'll learn:

how to ask where someone lives and to say where you live
to indicate a location with the locative case
the forms of the verb "oturmak" (to live, to sit)

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 13

Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 2

Where do you live?

Here you'll learn:

to state your address
to tell whether something is right or wrong
more on the locative case

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 14

Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 3

Where do you live?

Here you'll learn:

voiced consonants and unvoiced consonants
the rules of consonant hardening

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 4, Lesson 15

Nerede oturuyorsun? Review

Where do you live?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
to say where you live
to indicate a location with the locative

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13 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 1

Professions

Here you'll learn:

to indicate your profession
the ending "-lİk" with professions

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 2

Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 1

What do you do?

Here you'll learn:

to talk about your job and studies and review the personal endings with job descriptions

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 3

Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 2

What do you do?

Here you'll learn:

more vocabulary on professions
to say that something is easy or difficult
the negation of nouns and adjectives with "değil"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 4

Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 3

What do you do?

Here you'll learn:

how to use the number word "bir" (a/one) with adjectives

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 5

Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Review

What do you do?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the negation of nouns and adjectives

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 6

The consonant softening

Here you'll learn:

the consonant softening with the examples of "küçük" (small) and "büyük" (big)

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 7

Alışveriş. Part 1

Shopping.

Here you'll learn:

useful vocabulary around shopping
the verbs "alışveriş yapmak" (shopping) and "almak" (to buy, to take)

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 8

Alışveriş. Part 2

Shopping.

Here you'll learn:

more vocabulary on shopping
the negation with "değil" plus personal endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 9

Alışveriş. Review

Shopping.

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the personal endings with the negation word "değil"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 10

Numbers from 7 to 10

Here you'll learn:

the numbers from 7 to 10
nouns after numbers higher than one

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 11

Kaç tane? Part 1

How many?

Here you'll learn:

to ask about things and persons
the demonstrative pronouns "bu" and "bunlar"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 12

Kaç tane? Part 2

How many?

Here you'll learn:

some foods
the numbers from 11 to 19

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 5, Lesson 13

Kaç tane? Review

How many?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the demonstrative pronouns "bu" and "bunlar"
the numbers from 1 to 19

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12 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 1

Word order

Here you'll learn:

the order of endings with nouns
the SOV sentence structure and you will review the personal endings with and without the question particle

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 2

Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 1

Happy birthday!

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary about birthday
the order of plural and possessive endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 3

Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 2

Happy birthday!

Here you'll learn:

the numbers from 20 to 99

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 4

Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 3

Happy birthday!

Here you'll learn:

how to talk about age
how to welcome guests

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 5

Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Review

Happy birthday!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the numbers from 20 to 99
the order of endings

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 6

Saat kaç? Part 1

What time is it?

Here you'll learn:

how to ask for the time
how to say "at ... o'clock", and half past

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 7

Saat kaç? Part 2

What time is it?

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary about concerts
the conjunction "dE" (too, and)
the difference between the locative ending and the conjunction "dE"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 8

Saat kaç? Review

What time is it?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
talking about and asking for the time
the conjunction "dE"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 9

Countries

Here you'll learn:

some country names

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 10

Nerelisin? Part 1

Where are you from?

Here you'll learn:

countries and nationalities
the ending -"lİ"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 11

Nerelisin? Part 2

Where are you from?

Here you'll learn:

how to ask where someone is from and how to reply to this question

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 6, Lesson 12

Nerelisin? Review

Where are you from?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the ending -"lİ" with nationalities and place names

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13 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 1

Languages

Here you'll learn:

language names with the ending -"CE"
the verbs "öğrenmek" (to learn) and "konuşmak" (to speak) in the "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 2

Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 1

How many languages do you know?

Here you'll learn:

to talk about languages you know and review the question particle

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 3

Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 2

How many languages do you know?

Here you'll learn:

the question particle "mİ" with verbs in "İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 4

Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 3

How many languages do you know?

Here you'll learn:

to say what your native and foreign languages are
the negative form of "bilmek" (to know) in the -"İyor" present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 5

Kaç dil biliyorsun? Review

How many languages do you know?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the names of other languages
how to ask questions
the negation of verbs

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 6

Tatile gidiyorum. Part 1

I'm going on vacation.

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary on the topic of vacation and review the possessive ending

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 7

Tatile gidiyorum. Part 2

I'm going on vacation.

Here you'll learn:

more vocabulary on the topic of vacation
how to talk about location with the dative ending

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 8

Tatile gidiyorum. Part 3

I'm going on vacation.

Here you'll learn:

question and personal pronouns in the dative

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 9

Tatile gidiyorum. Review

I'm going on vacation.

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the dative case

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 10

Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 1

We're coming from the market.

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary on the topic of buying groceries
the placement of the question particle in yes-no questions

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 11

Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 2

We're coming from the market.

Here you'll learn:

more words on the topic of groceries
how to talk about location with the ablative case

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 12

Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 3

We're coming from the market.

Here you'll learn:

more ways of using the ablative

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 7, Lesson 13

Pazardan geliyoruz. Review

We're coming from the market.

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the placement of the question particle
the ablative case

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13 lessons

Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 1

The imperative in the singular

Here you'll learn:

the imperative in the singular and its negation

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 2

Çok yaşa! Part 1

Bless you!

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary on the topic of health

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 3

Çok yaşa! Part 2

Bless you!

Here you'll learn:

more words on the topic of health
the plural and formal imperative

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 4

Çok yaşa! Review

Bless you!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the imperative form and its negation

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 5

Conjunctions

Here you'll learn:

some conjunctions, such as "and", "but", and "because"

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 6

Hobilerin neler? Part 1

What are your hobbies?

Here you'll learn:

vocabulary related to hobbies
to talk about free time

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 7

Hobilerin neler? Part 2

What are your hobbies?

Here you'll learn:

the negation of verbs in the "İyor"-present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 8

Hobilerin neler? Part 3

What are your hobbies?

Here you'll learn:

more vocabulary on the theme of free time and hobbies
to make negative yes-no questions in the "İyor"-present

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 9

Hobilerin neler? Review

What are your hobbies?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the imperative form and its negation

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 10

N'aber? Part 1

How's it going?

Here you'll learn:

how to greet friends in informal situations and ask how they are doing
contractions in spoken language

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 11

N'aber? Part 2

How's it going?

Here you'll learn:

how to make suggestions with "Let's..." and "Shall we"
the ending for suggestions in the 1st person plural

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 12

N'aber? Part 3

How's it going?

Here you'll learn:

the negated suggestion form

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Newcomer (A1) - Course 8, Lesson 13

N'aber? Review

How's it going?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the suggestion form

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Beginner (A2)

7 courses

Beginner (A2) - Course 1

Beginner (A2) - Course 2

Beginner (A2) - Course 3

Beginner (A2) - Course 4

Beginner (A2) - Course 5

Beginner (A2) - Course 6

Beginner (A2) - Course 7

13 lessons

Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 1

Hafta sonu! Part 1

Weekend!

Here you'll learn:

the times of day
more exact times of day with "bu"

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 2

Hafta sonu! Part 2

Weekend!

Here you'll learn:

the days of the week
how to say the days of the week with "on"

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 3

Hafta sonu! Part 3

Weekend!

Here you'll learn:

more words for parts of the week
how to talk about your week
how to combine words to make compound nouns

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 4

Hafta sonu! Review

Weekend!

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
compound nouns

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 5

Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 1

What do you want to do?

Here you'll learn:

how to use the modal verb "istemek" (want) to say what you do or don't want to do

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 6

Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 2

What do you want to do?

Here you'll learn:

the postpositions "ile" (with), "için" (for), "önce" (before), "sonra" (after)

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 7

Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 3

What do you want to do?

Here you'll learn:

the postposition "için" with verbs to mean "in order to"

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 8

Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Review

What do you want to do?

Here you'll review:

the vocabulary from the previous lessons
the modal verb "istemek"
the postpositions

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 9

The genitive case

Here you'll learn:

how to form the genitive case
personal and demonstrative pronouns in the genitive

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 10

Bunlar senin için! Part 1

These are for you!

Here you'll learn:

how to make comparisons with "like" and "as…as"
the postpositions "ile", "için", "gibi" and "kadar" with personal and demonstrative pronouns in the genitive case

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Beginner (A2) - Course 1, Lesson 11