I learned the alphabet and introductions last week.
The sounds that I keep having trouble with remembering are these letters: ü, ı, i, e, ö. I think its hard to remember these because the vowel sounds that I'm used to doing in Bengali, Hindi, and Arabic are so different from these. They remind me of German and French vowels, which have vowel sounds I'm not familiar with speaking. I think my best bet will be to listen and imitate daily until I get used to forming these sounds correctly.
I learned basic introduction phrases. This is an example of a typical conversation:
A: Merhaba/Selam (Hello)
B: Merhaba
A: Ben Arzu. Adin ne? (I'm Arzu. What's your name?)
B: Benim adim Noraya. (My name is Noraya)
A: Memnum oldum. (Nice to meet you)
B: Ben de memnum oldum. (Nice to meet you, too)
A: Hoşçakal. (Goodbye- person that is leaving)
B: Güle güle! (Goodbye- person that is staying)
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