Turkish Greetings and Introductions

– Essential words and phrases to know –

Learn the essentials of Turkish easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words and phrases used in Turkish for greetings and Introductions, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Turkish by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Turkish vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	TURKISH
Hello	Merhaba
Good morning!	Günaydın!
Good afternoon!	Tünaydın!
Hi	Merhaba
Good evening	İyi akşamlar
Good night	İyi geceler
Sleep well	İyi uykular
How are you?	Nasılsınız?
I’m fine, thank you.	Ben iyiyim teşekkür ederim.
How about you?	Peki ya sen?
Nice to meet you.	Tanıştığıma memnun oldum.
Nice to meet you too.	Ben de çok memnun oldum.
Likewise	Aynı şekilde
It’s good to see you.	Seni görmek güzel.
Nice to see you again.	Seni tekrar görmek güzel.
Pleased to meet you.	Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
How nice to see you!	Seni görmek ne güzel!
What’s up?	Naber?
What brings you here?	Seni buraya ne getirdi?
When you’re leaving
Goodbye	Güle güle
I hope we’ll meet again.	Umarım tekrar görüşürüz.
I’ve got to go.	Gitmeliyim.
It was good meeting you.	Seninle tanışmak güzeldi.
It was great seeing you again.	Seni tekrar görmek harikaydı.
It was great to catch up!	Yakalamak harikaydı!
See you again sometime.	Bir ara tekrar görüşürüz.
See you in the morning	Sabah görüşürüz
See you later	Sonra görüşürüz
See you soon	Yakında görüşürüz
See you tomorrow	Yarın görüşürüz
See you tonight	Bu akşam görüşürüz
Sleep well	İyi uykular
Take care.	Dikkatli ol.
Other greetings
Bless you	Çok yaşa
Cheers!	Şerefe!
Farewell	Veda
Good luck!	İyi şanlar!
Talk to you soon	yakında görüşürüz
Welcome	Hoş geldin
Well done!	Aferin!

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