Bi-Weekly Journal Weeks 8, 10 (9=spring break)

[Claire Fuller]

After having learned how to use verbs in Turkish, I learned how to use two verbs in a sentence (Ex: "She likes to walk in the park"), especially for the verbs used to say "like" or "hate," which are irregular. I also learned new vocabulary about family and family members. At first it was difficult for me to keep track of all of the different words for different family members, as in Turkish there are different names for family on your mother's side versus your father's side. Corresponding words between sides of the family are not similar either (for example, your aunt on your mother's side is called "teyze" but on your dad's side she is called "hala," which are very different words from each other). I also learned the suffixes for saying possessions and practiced talking to Merve about my family using possessions. These suffixes also apply to cases where nouns are used as adjectives (ex: electrical engineer, Turkish coffee, etc.). To reinforce this new material, I've been trying to write in a journal about my day in Turkish!

[Elliott Lee]

This is really interesting. Turkish is similar to Korean in the sense that in the Korean language we also have different names for different family members depending on whether they are from the mom's side or dad's side. Maybe one day if I get the chance to learn Turkish, I will see if there are similarities in the way they are called. 

[Janis Lee]

The journal idea is really cool- I might start doing that too, even though it's a little late in the semester. I don't know anything about Turkish culture or language, but I think it's interesting that the verb "hate" is irregular, since I don't know a lot of other languages that do that. I wonder if it's the same for Korean. 

[Jae Wan Kim]

I think journaling is an excellent way of tracking your progress and reinforcing material that you've learned in class. I found this post interesting because I found some similarities between Turkish and Korean. Like Turkish, Koreans have different names for different family members depending on which side of the family they're on.