Turkmen phrasebook
Turkmen is a turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan.
Pronunciation guide[edit]
Vowels[edit]
Consonants[edit]
Common diphthongs[edit]
Phrase list[edit]
Vowels[edit]
Consonants[edit]
Common diphthongs[edit]
Phrase list[edit]
Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.
Basics[edit]
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Common signs
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- 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.
- . ( )
- 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. (getting attention)
- . ( )
- Excuse me. (begging pardon)
- . ( )
- I'm sorry.
- . ( )
- Goodbye
- Sag boluň. (sahg-bohl-ung )
- Goodbye (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?
- ? ( ?)
- Help!
- ! ( !)
- 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)
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- I don't understand.
- Men Düshümedim . ('men-du-shu-me-dim' )
- Where is the toilet?
- ? ( ?)
Problems[edit]
Numbers[edit]
1 - bır
2 - iki
3 - üç
4 - dört
5 - baş
6 - alty
7 - yedi
8 - sekiz
9 - dokuz
10 - on
20 - yigrimi
30 - otuz
40 - kyrk
50 - ellı
60 - altmyş
70 - yetmiş
80 - seksen
90 - doksan
100 - yûz
1000 - bır mûn
1,000,000 - bır milyon
Time[edit]
Clock time[edit]
Duration[edit]
Days[edit]
Months[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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)
