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How to be polite in Turkish
Turkish society is very hierarchical. It is necessary to mark by sometimes heavy flattery the chance which one has to meet a celebrity, a professor, an imam, a high official or, more simply, a venerable old man. The gesture of raising the head while making a "Tssk!" on the tip of the lips is not contemptuous, despite appearances, it simply means: "No! "
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Polite formulas[edit | edit source]
- Welcome: hos geldiniz.
- Hi/Hello!: merhaba.
- Hello (in the morning): günaydin.
- Good evening: iyi aksamlar.
- Good night: iyi geceler.
- Goodbye: allaha ismarladik.
- Have a good trip: güle, güle.
- Please: lütfen.
- Thank you !: mersi, tesekkür ederim.
- How is it going ?: nasilsiniz?
- Very good: iyiyim.
- Health !: serene!
- That's nice: naziksiniz.
- to request: rica etmek.
- can you do it?: yapabilir misin?
- good work: iyi çalışmalar.
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