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

Phrase list

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Basics

Common signs OPEN  CLOSED  ENTRANCE  EXIT  PUSH  PULL  TOILET  MEN  WOMEN  FORBIDDEN

Hello.

Salam . (sah-lam )

Hello. (informal) 

. ( )

How are you? 

? (nahili ?)

Fine, thank you. 

. (yaxshi, sagh bol)

What is your name? 

? (Ading nama ?)

My name is ______ . 

mening Adim ______ . ( _____ .)

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) 

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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

Numbers

1 - bir

2 - iki

3 - üç

4 - dört

5 - baş

6 - alty

7 - ýedi

8 - sekiz

9 - dokuz

10 - on

20 - ýigrimi

30 - otuz

40 - kyrk

50 - elli

60 - altmyş

70 - ýetmiş

80 - segsen

90 - togsan

100 - yüz

1000 - bir müň

1,000,000 - bir milýon

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)