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Loanwords in Turkish: What Turkish Borrowed from Arabic, French, Persian and English

About 14,800 words in the TDK dictionary came from other languages, most of them from Arabic and French. A guide to loanwords in Turkish by origin, with the meaning shifts, false friends and suffix rules learners need.

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Nicolas Le Roux in Vocabulary | October 27, 2026 | Comment

How to Say “When” in Turkish: -dığında, -dığı sırada, -dıkça, -dığı sürece

Turkish has no conjunction for “when”: it adds a suffix to the verb. Learn -dığında, -dığı zaman, -ınca, -dığı sırada, -dıkça and -dığı sürece, with person tables, corpus data and the mistakes to avoid.

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Nicolas Le Roux in Grammar | October 20, 2026 | Comment

Turkish Compound Nouns: Why It’s Türk Kahvesi, Not Türk Kahve

Why Turkish coffee is Türk kahvesi, how to choose between tahta masa, okul çantası and Elif’in çantası, and what happens to a compound when you add my, a plural or a case ending.

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Sibel Kısacık in Grammar | October 5, 2026 | Comment

Turkish Newspaper Vocabulary: 100 Words You Need to Read the News

Stop getting stuck on Turkish news articles. Learn the 100 words that make the news hard to follow, from easiest to hardest, each with pronunciation and audio.

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Nicolas Le Roux in Vocabulary | September 29, 2026 | Comment

12 Common Turkish Mistakes English Speakers Make (and How to Fix Each One)

The twelve errors English speakers repeat in Turkish, the correct form for each, and why English causes them. Eleven of the twelve are A1 material.

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Nicolas Le Roux in Common Mistakes | September 28, 2026 | Comment

TYS Turkish Proficiency Test: Format, Dates, and Preparation

Understand the TYS exam, its B2 and C1 certificates, the current test format, official dates, and a practical preparation plan.

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Nicolas Le Roux in Articles | September 16, 2026 | Comment

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