30 min

language learning center · B1 · Lesson 1

Experiences and growth

Talk about meaningful experiences in Turkish and connect them to the present.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Ece

Hayatını etkileyen bir şey öğrendiğin oldu mu?

Have you ever learned something that influenced your life?

Mert

Evet, birkaç yıl önce ekmek yapmayı öğrendim.

Yes, I learned to make bread a few years ago.

Ece

Bu deneyim hayatında neyi değiştirdi?

What did that experience change in your life?

Mert

O zamandan beri daha sabırlıyım ve hazır yiyecekleri daha az tüketiyorum.

Since then, I have been more patient and consume less prepared food.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • Hiç… yaptığın oldu mu?

    Ask whether someone has ever had an experience.

    Hiç… yaptığın oldu mu?

  • Birkaç yıl önce…

    Place the event at a finished past time.

    Evet, birkaç yıl önce ekmek yapmayı öğrendim.

  • Bu deneyim…

    Refer back to the experience.

    Bu deneyim hayatında neyi değiştirdi?

  • O zamandan beri…

    Connect a past point to the present.

    O zamandan beri daha sabırlıyım ve hazır yiyecekleri daha az tüketiyorum.

  • Bunun sayesinde…

    Describe a positive result.

    Bunun sayesinde…

Notice, try, and speak

Which sentence connects a past experience to its present result?

Which sentence connects a past experience to its present result?

Make it yours

Describe an experience that influenced your life and one present result in Turkish.

Choose a real skill, journey, friendship, or change.

Use it with someone

Share meaningful experiences in Turkish

  1. 1. Hiç… yaptığın oldu mu?
  2. 2. Birkaç yıl önce…
  3. 3. Bu deneyim…
  4. 4. O zamandan beri…
  5. 5. Bunun sayesinde…
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