Turkmen phrasebook

Turkmen (Türkmençe / Түркменче / تۆرکمنچه using the Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic scripts) is a Turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.

Pronunciation guide

Turkmen is primarily written using the Latin alphabet in Turkmenistan.

Vowels

A a: like father (IPA: a)
Ä ä: like hair (IPA: æː)
E e: like bed (IPA: ɛ)
I i: like sick (IPA: ɪ)
O o: like toe (IPA: o)
Ö ö: like bird (IPA: œ)
U u: like wood (IPA: ʊ)
Y y: like roses (IPA: ɯ)
Ü ü: pronounced as in German, make a sound like "ee", but round your lips like you are going to say "oo" (IPA: ʏ)

Consonants

B b: like boat
D d: like dog
J j: like jolt
Z z: like then
F f: like follow
G g: like ago
H h: like hallow
Ý ý: like yellow
K k: like court
L l: like late
M m: like mango
N n: like narrow
Ň ň: like singer
P p: like parrot
Q q: like quail
R r: like rail
Ş ş: like shoe
T t: like table
Ç ç: like chat
S s: like think
W w: like vile

Common diphthongs

Phrase list

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Basics

Hello.: Salam. (sah-lam )
Hello. (informal): . ( )
How are you?: Nähilisiň? (Nae-hee-lee-seeng?)
Fine, thank you.: . (yaxshi, sagh bol)
What is your name?: Adyň näme? (Ah-duhng-nae-meh?)
My name is ______ .: Meniň adym ______ . (Meh-ning-ah-duhm _____ .)
Nice to meet you.: Tanşanyma örän şat . ( tanshanyma őrän shat)
Please.: Baş. (ba-sh )
Thank you.: Sag boluň. (sahg-bol-ung )
You're welcome.: . ( )
Yes.: Hawa . (Ho-wa )
No.: Yok . (*deep o as in Egg yolk )
Excuse me. Bagyşlaň (getting attention): . ( )
Excuse me. (begging pardon): . ( )
I'm sorry.: . ( )
Goodbye: Sag boluň. (sahg-bohl-ung )
Goodbye Görüşýänçäk (informal): . ( )
I don't speak Turkmen.: Men türkmençe geplemeýärin (men-toork-men-che-gap-ley-mayah-rin)
Do you speak English?: Siz iňlisçe gepleýärsiňizmi? ? (siz-ing-lis-che-gap-ley-ahr-ing-izmi ?)
Is there someone here who speaks English?: Bärde iñlisçe gürläp bilýän kimdir biri barmy? ( ?)
Help!: kömek ediň! ( !)
Look out!: ! ( !)
Good morning.: ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun. (er-ti-ring-iz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun)
Good evening.: agşamyňyz haýyrly bolsun. (ahg-sham-uhng-uhz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun )
Good night.: gijäňiz rahat bolsun. (gee-jahng-iz-rah-hat-bol-sun )
Good night (to sleep): . ( )
I don't understand.: Men Düshümedim . (men-du-shu-me-dim' )
Where is the toilet?: ? ( ?)
Where are you from?: Siz nireli :& :siz nireden

Problems

Numbers

0: nol (nohl)
1: bir (beer)
2: iki (ee-kee)
3: üç (uech)
4: dört (doert)
5: baş (bash)
6: alty (ahl-tuh)
7: ýedi (yeh-dee)
8: sekiz (theh-kidh)
9: dokuz (doh-kudh)
10: on (on)
11: on bir (on-beer)
12: on iki (on-ee-kee)
13: on üç (on-uech)
14: on dört (on-doert)
15: on baş (on-bash)
16: on alty (on-ahl-tuh)
17: on ýedi (on-yeh-dee)
18: on sekiz (on-theh-kidh)
19: on dokuz (on-doh-kudh)
20: ýigrimi (yee-gree-mee)
21: ýigrimi bir (yee-gree-mee-beer)
22: ýigrimi iki (yee-gree-mee-ee-kee)
23: ýigrimi üç (yee-gree-mee-uech)
30: otuz (oh-toodh)
40: kyrk (kuhrk)
50: elli (elli)
60: altmyş (ahlt-muhsh)
70: ýetmiş (yet-mish)
80: segsen (theg-then)
90: dogsan (dok-than)
100: ýüz (yuedh)
101: ýüz bir (yuedh-beer)
200: iki ýüz (ee-kee-yuedh)
300: üç ýüz (uech-yuedh)
400: dört ýüz(doert-yuedh)
500: baş ýüz(bash-yuedh)
600: alty ýüz (ahl-tuh-yuedh)
700: ýedi ýüz (yeh-dee-yuedh)
800: sekiz ýüz (theh-kidh-yuedh)
900: dokuz ýüz (doh-kudh-yuedh)
1000: müň (mueng)
2000: iki müň (ee-kee-mueng)
1,000,000: bir million (beer-milyon)
1,000,000,000: bir milyar (beer-milyar)

Time

Clock time

Duration

Monday: Duşenbe
Tuesday: Sişenbe
Wednesday: Çarşenbe
Thursday: Penşenbe
Friday: Anna
Saturday: Şenbe
Sunday: Ýekşenbe

Months

January: Ýanwar (yan-var)
February: Fewral (fev-ral)
March: Mart (mah-rt)
April: Aprel (ah-preel)
May: Maý (mai)
June: Iýun (ee-yoon)
July: Iýul (ee-yool)
August: Awgust (av-goost)
September: Sentýabr (sent-yah-br)
October: Oktýabr (ohkt-yah-br)
November: Noýabr (noh-yah-br)
December: Dekabr (deh-kah-br)

Colors

black: gara (gah-rah)
blue: gök (go-yuk)
brown: goňur (gong-oor)
gray: çal (chal)
green: ýaşyl (yah-shul)
orange: narynç (nah-ruhn-ch)
pink: gülgün (gool-goon)
purple: benewşe (beh-neh-she)
red: gyzyl (guh-zuhl)
white: ak (ahk)
yellow: sary (sah-ruh)

Transportation

Bus and train

Directions

Taxi

Lodging

Money

Eating

Bars

Shopping

Driving

Authority

Learning more

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