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Usages of çay
Çay alın.
Buy tea.
Lütfen bir fincan çay içiniz.
Please drink a cup of tea.
bir fincan çay
a cup of tea
Çay iç.
Drink tea.
sıcak çay
(the) hot tea
Çay yok.
There is no tea.
Kahve ve çay var.
There is coffee and tea.
Kahve yok, ama çay var.
There is no coffee, but there is tea.
Kahve yok, fakat çay var.
There is no coffee, but there is tea.
Kahve ya da çay istiyor musun?
Do you want coffee or tea?
Kahve veya çay istiyor musun?
Do you want coffee or tea?
Kahve mi yoksa çay mı istiyorsun?
Do you want coffee or do you want tea?
A: Çay var mı? B: Yok.
A: Is there tea? B: There is not.
Çayıma daha az şeker koyun lütfen.
Put less sugar in my tea please.
Üç tane şekerli çay lütfen.
Three teas with sugar please.
çay kaşığı
teaspoon
Evde hiç çay kalmamış.
[Apparently] There is no tea left at home.
Akşamleyin annem ile çay içeceğiz.
(I) will drink tea with my mother in the evening.
Note that in Turkish the plural is often used when you say you are doing something with someone else, where in English you would use the singular.
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