Hoş bulduk, davet için teşekkürler.

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Breakdown of Hoş bulduk, davet için teşekkürler.

• davet: the invitation
• teşekkürler: thanks
• hoş bulduk: thank you (reply to a welcome)

Questions & Answers about Hoş bulduk, davet için teşekkürler.

When do I use hoş bulduk?

You use hoş bulduk as the standard reply to hoş geldin or hoş geldiniz.

It is said when someone welcomes you after you arrive somewhere, such as:

• a home
• an office
• a party
• a meeting
• an event

So it is not a general greeting like hello. It specifically answers a welcome.

Why is it hoş bulduk if I am only one person?

This is one of the most common learner questions. Grammatically, bulduk looks like we found, but hoş bulduk is a fixed expression. Even if only one person is speaking, Turkish normally uses hoş bulduk.

So the best way to learn it is as a set phrase, not as something you freely rebuild every time.

What is the literal structure of hoş bulduk?

Word by word:

• hoş = pleasant, nice
• bulduk = we found

So the literal idea is something like we found it pleasant/nice.

But in real life, do not translate it too literally. It functions as the conventional response to being welcomed.

What does davet için mean grammatically?