Colloquial Turkish Colloquial Turkish 6 Lyrics
Dialogue 3 Bu babam ve annem
This is my mum and dad
CENGİZ: Merhaba, dostum, nasılsın. Beni ailenle tanıştırır mısın?
JOHN: İşte, bu babam. Dad, this is Cengiz.
CENGİZ: Hoş geldiniz, beyefendi.
JOHN: You are supposed to say 'Hoş bulduk' now, dad. Evet, bu da annem. Mum,
Cengiz.
CENGİZ: Hoş geldiniz, hanımefendi.
JOHN'S MUM: Hoş bulduk (to John: I heard that!)
JOHN: Bu gençler kardeşlerim: Jimmy ve Eileen.
CENGİZ: Siz de hoş geldiniz.
NB: In the following translation, '(...)' stands for the things that are said in English in
this dialogue.
CENGİZ: Hello, my friend, how are you? Won't you introduce me to your family?
JOHN: Well, this is my dad. (...)
CENGİZ: Welcome, sir.
JOHN: (...) Yes, and this is my mother. (...)
CENGİZ: Welcome, madam.
JOHN'S MUM: The pleasure's mine. (...)
JOHN: Those young people are my brother and sister: Jimmy and Eileen.
CENGİZ: And welcome to you, too.
Key vocabulary
dost friend dostum my friend
beni me aile family
ailenle with your family tanıştırmak to introduce
tanıştırır introduce mısın? do you?
işte well baba father
babam my father hoş geldiniz welcome
beyefendi sir hoş bulduk (answer to hoş geldiniz)
da too, and (same as de) anne mother
annem my mother hanımefendi Madam
genç young gençler young people
kardeş brother or sister kardeşlerim
ve and
(here:) my brother and sister
siz you (plural)
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