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A1
1. Demonstrative pronounsbu, şu, o
2. Basic question wordskim, ne
3. Plural nouns-lar, -ler
4. I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)
5. We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)
6. Negative statementsdeğil
7. Yes and no questionsmı, mi, mu, mü
8. Questions with 'to be'mısın, mıyım
9. Greetings and politeness
10. Numbers 1 to 10bir, iki, üç
11. Numbers 11 to 20on bir, on iki
12. Numbers by tens to 100otuz, kırk...
13. Counting objectstane
14. The locative case-da, -de
15. Consonant assimilation-ta, -te
16. Saying 'too'de, da
17. Asking wherenerede
18. There is / there arevar
19. There is not / there are notyok
20. Asking how manykaç
21. Infinitive verbs-mak, -mek
22. Informal commandsgit, gel
23. Conversation fillersşey, yani, hadi
24. Negative commands-ma, -me
25. Polite and plural commands-In, -InIz
26. Basic word order
27. Present continuous for consonant roots-iyor
28. Present continuous for vowel roots-iyor
29. Present continuous personal suffixes-iyorum
30. Negative present continuous-miyor
31. Present continuous questions-iyor mu
32. Future plans with present continuous
33. The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)
34. Consonant mutationk, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c
35. From or out of-dan / -den
36. Directional question wordsnereye, nereden
37. First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)
38. Third person possessive (-(s)i)
39. Plural possessives-imiz, -iniz, -leri
40. Having thingsarabam var, param yok
41. The genitive case (-(n)in)
42. Definite noun compounds-nin ... -si
43. Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)
44. Possessive buffer lettern
45. Spatial postpositionsiçinde, üstünde
46. The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)
47. Object question wordskimi, neyi
48. Adjectives modifying nouns
49. Manner and choice questionsnasıl, hangi
50. Basic degree modifiersçok, biraz
51. Comparisonsdaha, en
52. Particles and qualifiers
53. Quantity and everyday abstract nouns
54. Days of the week
55. Months of the year
56. The time question wordne zaman
57. Telling timesaat, buçuk
58. Asking the timesaat kaç, saat kaçta
59. Meals, study and the passing day
60. Basic conjunctionsve, ama, veya
61. Causality conjunctionçünkü
62. Another way to ask whyniçin
63. Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)
64. Purpose and beneficiariesiçin
65. Expressing desire-mak istemek
66. The past copula (-(y)DI)
67. The direct past tense-DI
68. Past tense personal suffixes-DIm, -DIn
69. Past tense negative-mAdI
70. Past tense questions-DI mI
71. Everyday politeness formulas
72. States and changes with olmak
73. Everyday verbs and what they carry
74. Conversational essentials
A2
75. Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)
76. Ordinals four to ten, counting large
77. Reflexive pronounskendim, kendin
78. Reciprocal pronounsbirbiri
79. Indefinite pronouns for peopleherkes, kimse
80. Indefinite pronouns for things and placesher şey, hiçbir şey
81. Conjunctions of consequencebu yüzden, bu nedenle
82. Correlative conjunctionshem... hem, ne... ne
83. Turkish food and dishes
84. Verbs taking the dative case-e / -a
85. Verbs taking the ablative case-den / -dan
86. Time originberi
87. Time duration-DIr
88. Comparisons of similaritygibi
89. Comparisons of equalitykadar
90. Perspectivesgöre
91. Verbal nouns-mA / -mE
92. Giving, taking and drawing: vermek, almak, çekmek
93. Verbal nouns as objects-mAyI / -mEyI
94. Verbal nouns with the dative-mAyA / -mEyA
95. General necessitylazım / gerek
96. Personal necessity-mAm lazım
97. Third-person commands-sIn / -sInlAr
98. First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)
99. First person plural optative (-(y)AlIm)
100. Affirmative future for consonant roots-AcAk
101. Activities with yapmak
102. Buffer rules for the future tense (-(y)AcAk)
103. First-person future mutation-AcAğIm
104. Negative future tense-mAyAcAk
105. Asking about the future-AcAk mI?
106. Simple present for vowel roots-r
107. Simple present for short words-Ar
108. Simple present for longer words-Ir
109. First-person aorist negative-mam, -mayız
110. Aorist negative for other persons-mazsın, -maz
111. The aorist interrogative-ar mı?
112. Polite requestsyapar mısın?
113. On the phone and forms of address
114. Expressing ability-abilir
115. Expressing inability-amaz
116. Asking for permission-abilir mi?
117. Must and should-malı, -meli
118. Negative obligation-mamalı, -memeli
119. The reported past tense-mış, -miş
120. Reported past negative-mamış
121. Reported past questions-mış mı?
122. Hedging and giving examples
123. Reported past with nouns and adjectives (-(y)mış)
124. The past continuous tense-iyordu
125. Past continuous negative-miyordu
126. Past continuous questions-iyor muydu?
127. Before doing-madan önce
128. After doing-dıktan sonra
129. When and as soon as-ınca
130. While being (-(y)ken)
131. Simultaneous actions (-(y)ken)
132. Conditional states (-(y)sA)
133. Conditional actions (-(y)sA)
134. Subject relative participles (-(y)An)
135. Negative conditional-mAzsA
136. Negative subject relative clauses-mayan / -meyen
137. Object relative clauses-dığı / -diği
138. Purpose clauses-mAk için
139. Causal clauses-dIğI için
140. Sequential actions (-(y)Ip)
141. Adverbs of manner (-(y)ArAk / -(y)ErEk)
142. Negative adverbials of state-mAdAn
143. Direct speechdiye
144. Until doing (-(y)AnA kadar)
145. Past ability (-(y)Abildi)
146. Past inability (-(y)Amadı)
147. Future in the past (-(y)Acaktı)
148. Past general necessity-mAk lazımdı
149. More expressions with etmek
150. Past personal necessity-mAm lazımdı
151. Reflexive verbs (-(I)n)
152. Action manner (-(y)Iş)
153. Indefinite pronouns with possessiveshepsi, bazıları
154. Adjectives from locations-daki, -deki
155. Adjectives from times-ki
156. Reciprocal verbs (-(I)ş)
157. Present continuous conditional-iyorsa
158. Future conditional-acaksa
159. Participles as nouns-an, -en
160. Elapsed time since an action-alı, -eli
161. Consequences and alternativesyoksa
162. Either... or...ya... ya da...
163. The conjunction thatki
164. Adverbial suffix-ce / -ça
165. Factual copula-dır / -dir
166. Fractions and percentagesyüzde, -de
167. Derivational suffix-lık / -lik
168. Possessive interrogativeshangisi, hangimiz
169. Direction and opposition-e karşı
170. Substitutionyerine
B1
171. Chain noun compounds
172. Indefinite determinerherhangi bir
173. Intensified adjectivesm, p, r, s
174. Diminutives-cık / -cak
175. Role and capacityolarak
176. Topic postpositionshakkında, ile ilgili
177. Exception and addition-dan başka
178. Consequence-dan dolayı
179. Concession-e rağmen
180. Contrastive conjunctionsoysa, halbuki
181. Imminent action-mak üzere
182. The habitual past-rdi
183. Didn't use to-mazdı
184. The passive voice-il
185. The passive voice-in
186. Passive voice tenses
187. The passive agenttarafından / -ca
188. The causative voice-dir
189. The causative voice-t / -it
190. Causative objects
191. Imminent action-mak üzere
192. The conditional main clause (-(a/ı)rdı)
193. Present hypothetical conditionals (-(y)sa)
194. Present wishes (keşke ... -(y)sa)
195. Past counterfactual conditionals (-(y)saydı)
196. Past regrets (keşke ... -(y)saydı)
197. Future subject relative clauses (-(y)acak)
198. Future object relative clauses (-(y)acağı)
199. Headless relative clauses
200. Present and past factive clauses-dığı
201. Causative and passive verbs-tIrIl
202. The conditional 'would' (-(A/I)rdI)
203. Future statements (-(y)AcAğI)
204. Indirect wh-questions (-dIğI / -(y)AcAğI)
205. Social formulas II — blessings and condolences
206. Indirect yes/no questions (-(y)Ip -mAdIğI)
207. Indirect commands-mA
208. As soon as-Ir -mAz
209. As long as-dIkçA
210. Unless-mAdIkçA
211. Rather than-mAktAnsa
212. Double causative-passive-tırıl
213. Substitution conjunction-mak yerine
214. Indirect commands-masını
215. Concessive clauses-masına rağmen
216. Similarity clauses-mış gibi
217. Past unfulfilled obligation-malıydı
218. Reported present continuous-Iyormuş
219. Hearsay future tense-acakmış
220. Storyteller's aorist-armış
221. Reported necessity-malıymış
222. Substitution-mak yerine
223. Sudden actions-iver
224. Formal present continuous-makta / -mekte
225. Probability with verbs-dır
226. Even though / Despite-dığı halde
227. So much that / Enough to-acak kadar
228. Just as / As-dığı gibi
229. External obligation-mak zorunda
230. Negative possibility-mayabilir
231. Purpose clausesdiye
232. Conditional extent-dığı sürece
233. Repeated actions-a -a / -e -e
234. Interrupted intentions-acakken / -ecekken
235. Logical deductionsolmalı
236. Frozen states-akalmak / -ekalmak
237. Continuous repetition-ip durmak
238. Derivation suffixes-siz, -ci
239. Past perfect tense-mıştı
240. Even if-sa bile / -sa da
241. Future perfect tense-mış olacak
242. Causal clauses-dığından dolayı
243. Correlative indifferenceister... ister...
244. Advisability-sa iyi olur
245. The emphatic particlebile
246. Informal reasonsdiye
247. Verbal nouns as subjects-mesi
248. Instead of doing-eceğine
249. On the condition that-mak üzere
250. The particle 'even' with pronounsbile
251. Possessive pronouns-ki
252. Impersonal passives-ilir, -ilmez
253. Time and place relative clauses-diğim
254. Lack of necessity-maya gerek yok
255. Question tagsdeğil mi?
256. Softening questionsacaba
257. Adverbs of mannerböyle, şöyle, öyle
258. Expressing 'some of'-den/-dan
259. Because of and thanks toyüzünden, sayesinde
260. Throughout and all alongboyunca
261. Gradual changegittikçe, giderek
262. Not only... but alsosadece ... değil, aynı zamanda ...
263. As ifsanki
264. Adjectives of inclusion-lı / -li
265. Telling the exact timegeçiyor / var
266. Stating when things happengeçe / kala
267. Before and after with nouns-den önce / -den sonra
268. Towards and around-e doğru
269. Expressing belonging-e ait
270. Distributive numbers (-(ş)ar / -(ş)er)
271. Different-subject purpose clauses-mA + possessive + için
272. Phase and state change adverbshâlâ, artık, henüz
273. Experiential aspecthiç
274. Numerical approximationiki üç, yaklaşık
275. Conjunctions of additionüstelik, ayrıca
276. Markers of discoverymeğer, meğerse
277. How much and how longne kadar
278. What placeneresi
279. From doing-maktan
280. When doing-dığında
281. When doing in the future-acağı zaman
282. Since doing-dığından beri
283. Starting from-dan itibaren
284. As much as-dığı kadar
285. No matter whatne -sa
286. Probability-ebilir / -abilir
287. Adjectives as nouns
288. Adjective softening-ce / -ça
289. Word reduplication for manner
290. Pre-verbal focus
291. Past participle adjectives-mIş
292. Affirmative aorist adjectives (-(A/I)r)
293. Negative aorist adjectives-mAz
294. Lexicalized object participles-dIk
295. Instrumental converbs of action-mAkla
296. Logical inferencedemek ki
297. Escalating additiveshatta
298. Evaluative declarationsiyi ki
299. Formal inclusive correlativesgerek ... gerekse
B2
300. Approximation suffixes-mtIrak / -msI
301. Fellowship suffix-DAş
302. Adjectives from verbs-gIn / -kIn
303. Nouns from verbs-m / -Im
304. Indefinite correlativeskimi... kimi...
305. Vague quantitiesbirtakım
306. Inclusive pairingolsun... olsun
307. Time-framed relative clauses-mIş olan / -AcAk olan
308. Continuous relative clauses-mAktA olan
309. Emphatic relative clausesasıl... olan
310. Past experiences-mişliğim var
311. Lacking intention-eceği yok
312. Almost happening-eyazmak
313. Feigning ignorance-mazlıktan gelmek
314. Sudden urges-eceği tutmak
315. Causing outcomes-masına sebep olmak
316. Irreversible actionsgitti o gidiş
317. Since / Given that-dığına göre
318. Along with doing-makla beraber
319. Not merely doing-makla kalmayıp
320. Without doing-maksızın / -meksizin
321. As if doing-casına / -çasına
322. To the limit-asıya
323. As soon as-dı mı
324. Even thoughher ne kadar
325. Suppose thattut ki / diyelim ki
326. In the event that-dığı takdirde
327. In case of-ma halinde
328. Present assumptions-acak
329. Must be / Probably-sa gerek
330. Past logical deduction-miş olsa gerek
331. Double negationdeğil
332. Factive statementski
333. Inevitabilityister istemez
334. Clarificationyani, şöyle ki
335. Summarizationkısacası, özetle
336. Contrary consequenceyine de
337. Complete oppositionaksine, tersine
338. Factual confirmationnitekim
339. Additional argumentskaldı ki
340. Expressing reservationne var ki
341. Could have (-(y)abilirdi)
342. Couldn't have-amazdı / -emezdi
343. Inferred past conditional-mışsa
344. The more... the more...ne kadar ... o kadar
345. Disbelief and sarcasm-mışmış
346. Possessive relative clauses (-(y)An)
347. Postpositional relative clauses-dIk
348. Factive nominal clausesolduğu
349. Past real conditionals-DIysa
350. Locative infinitive complements-mAktA
351. Noun clauses with topic postpositions-dIğInA dair / hakkında
352. Double causative verbs-ttır / -tırt
353. Future continuous-Iyor olacak
354. Continuous deductions-Iyor olmalı
355. Past possibility-mIş olabilir
356. Perfective infinitives-mIş olmak
357. Formal perfect aspect-mIş bulunmak
358. Diminutive of compassion-cAğIz / -cEğIz
359. Verbs of becoming-laş / -leş
360. Verbs of acquiring-lan / -len
361. Possessive compound adjectives
362. Continuous noun clauses-iyor olması
363. Spontaneous decisions-ar / -er
364. Plural question wordskimler, neler
365. Naming and labelingdiye bir
366. Expressing physical cause-dan / -den
367. Emphatic possessivekendi
368. Alternating actionsbir ... bir ...
369. Auxiliary verb compounds-etmek, -olmak
370. Spontaneous urges (-(y)ası gelmek)
371. Historical continuity (-(y)agelmek)
372. Agentive nouns and adjectives (-(y)ıcı)
373. Eventual chanceolur da
374. Temporal immediacy-dığı gibi
375. Reported conditionals and wishes-saymış
376. Embedded clause subjects-nin ... -diği
377. Future ability and inability-ebilecek / -emeyecek
378. Degree consequenceo kadar ... ki
379. Regular intervals-da bir
380. Perspective and evaluationaçısından / bakımından
381. Expressing preference-den yana
382. In terms ofaçısından / bakımından
383. Fact and possibility clauses-dığı gerçeği
384. Cannot help but do-madan edememek
385. Adjective emphasisgüzel mi güzel
386. Feeling about to do-acak gibi olmak
387. 'Let alone' clausesbir yana
388. Simultaneous cause and effect-masıyla
389. Relational adjectives-sAl / -sEl
390. Tendency adjectives-gAn / -kEn
391. Formal purpose clausesamacıyla / maksadıyla
392. Situational necessitydurumunda kalmak
393. Interrupted past actions (tam ... -(y)acaktı ki)
394. Comparisons-e kıyasla / -e oranla
395. Addition-in yanı sıra
396. Almost doing somethingaz kalsın / neredeyse
397. Attitude and perception verbs (-(i)msemek)
398. As long asyeter ki
399. Not because-dığından değil
400. Trailing particleki
401. Not even doing somethingdeğil -mak ... bile
402. Unexpected and audacious actionskalkıp / tutup
403. At the cost of-mak pahasına
404. Advisability-makta fayda var
405. Indifferenceha ... ha ...
406. Abstract noun clauses-ma niyeti
407. At the cost of-mAk pahasına
408. Future participles for purpose (-(y)acak)
409. Exclusive actions-maktan başka
410. Elapsed time without action-mayalı
411. Reserved admissionsgerçi
412. Minimum acceptable alternativesbari, en azından
413. Already or anywayzaten
414. Inevitable outcomesnasıl olsa
415. Negative past deduction-mIş olamaz
416. Continuous action (-(y)Adurmak)
417. Stipulating conditionsşartıyla / koşuluyla
418. Topic shifting (-(y)A gelince)
419. Alternative consequencesaksi takdirde
420. Stating preference-tAn ziyade
421. Object simultaneity ('-(y)ken')
422. Factive subjects ('-dIk' / '-(y)AcAk')
423. Infinitival predicates'-mAk'
424. Situational compulsion'-mAyA mecbur olmak'
425. Verbs governing the locative'-DA'
426. Formal concession'-yA karşın'
427. Reflexive reduplication'kendi kendine'
428. Rhetorical strong negationhiç ... -r mi?
429. Affirmative ability relatives (-(y)abileceği)
430. Negative ability relatives (-(y)amayacağı)
431. Affirmative necessity relatives-ması gereken
432. Negative necessity relatives-maması gereken
433. Formal ongoing relatives-makta olduğu
434. Clauses of fear-acak diye
435. Precaution clauses-acak diye
436. Composition with nouns-dan ibaret
437. Composition with verbs-maktan ibaret
438. Postposition of dedicationuğruna
439. Formal necessityicap eden
440. Consisting of an action-mAKtAn ibaret
441. Clauses of necessityicap eden
442. Formal wishes and optative (-(y)A / -(y)AsIn)
443. Temporary duration-lIğInA
444. Extent and collective action-lArcA / -cA
445. Gradual progression (-DAn -(y)A)
446. As far as I know-dIğI kadarıyla
447. Unlike and contrary to (-(n)In aksine / tersine)
448. As if it weren't enough-dIğI yetmiyormuş gibi
449. Exclamations with da/deNasıl da...! / Ne kadar da...!
450. Contrastive topic markerise, -ysa
451. Reciprocal-causative verbs (-(i)ştirmek)
452. Rhetorical echo questionsmı, mi
453. Lexicalized case adjectives-dan, -da
454. Imminent actionsgeldi gelecek
455. Proportional extent-dığı oranda
456. Evidential cleftsgörünen o ki
457. Exclusivity and characteristic traits-e özgü
458. Ultimate justificationne de olsa
459. Vague categoriesm- reduplication
460. Precautionary clausesdiye
461. Representation and formal purposeadına
462. Maximal extent and capacity-ebildiği kadar
463. Immediate consequenceüzerine
464. Expressing suspicionyoksa
465. Since and seeing thatmadem
466. Persistent inabilitybir türlü
467. Chaotic abundance-an -a
468. Making and renderingkılmak
469. Taking the opportunity-mışken
470. Maximums and exclusive possibilitiesyapsa yapsa
471. Inverted sentences
472. Existential relative clausesolan / olmayan
473. Passive relative participles-ılan / -enen
474. Purpose compounds-ma / -me
475. Sensory impressionsgibi gelmek
476. Alternating stateskâh ... kâh ...