turkish

«turkish» in Mova's school dictionary: from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Turkish); noun (Turkish — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) Turkish means from or to do with Turkey (Türkiye), a country partly in Europe and partly in Asia, or its people. tree →

2) Turkish is the language spoken in Turkey and by many people in Cyprus and around the world. tree →

3) It is used in names of foods and things: Turkish delight (a soft sweet dusted with sugar), Turkish coffee, a Turkish bath. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, pupils learn about Turkey, a country joining Europe and Asia, and its biggest city Istanbul. In everyday life, many towns have Turkish shops and kebab cafes; Turkish delight appears in «The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe». Phrases: «Turkish delight», «speak Turkish», «Turkish food».

examples

• She speaks Turkish and English at home. tree →
• Edmund ate Turkish delight in the story. tree →
• We went to a Turkish restaurant for kebabs. tree →
• Turkish coffee is very strong and thick. tree →
• Istanbul is the biggest Turkish city. tree →
• Turkish uses the same alphabet as English with some extra letters. tree →
• It was easy to believe after this that the princess was really going to marry a Turkish angel. tree →

note

Always capital T. «Turkish» is the adjective and the language; a person is «a Turk» or «a Turkish person». The country now calls itself «Türkiye» in English too. Do not confuse with «turkey», the bird.

In the corpora

• So Turkish gün (day) becomes günler and kız (girl) becomes kızlar; this matching of vowels is called vowel harmony.
• In Manchester, Ayla and Ece, 9, are twins in a warm, loud Turkish-British family.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «turkish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.