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Learning Turkish for travel or study? Let’s try this term:
To say may I? (point at chair, door) in Turkish: buyurun
Say it out loud: “booh ya rahn“
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Some more helpful words in our Turkish Courtesy/Questions category:
...the bathroom – tuvalet (too' vah let)
come with me – benimle gel (beh nim lay all)
do you speak english? – İngilizce konuşmak? (een guh liz ya ko nush muk?)
excuse me – afedersiniz (ah feh dar sinz)
excuse me (to get past) – lütfen (loot fahn)
good / bad – iyi / kötü (ee yay / kuh tuh)
how do you say…? – nasil denilir? (nah seal din uh leer?)
how much is this? – ne kadar? (nay kah dar?)
may I? (point at chair, door) – buyurun (booh ya rahn)
maybe – belki (bell kee)
no problem – önemli değil (oh nahm lee dil)
sorry – özür dilerim (oh zoo dih leer im)
thank you – teşekkür ederim (teh shake kur' dur im)
thanks – sağol (sahl)
what is that? – bu ne? (boo nay?)
where is… – nerede (neh' reh day)
yes / no – evet / hayir (eh vet / hi year)
you are welcome – bir şey değil (bee shay deal)
And here’s how to say may I? (point at chair, door) in other languages!
Arabic–Men Fadlek (men fad lek)
Chinese–Kěyǐ Ma? (Kuh Ee Ma?)
Croatian–mogu ja? (moe goo yah?)
Czech–Můžu? (moo zoo?)
Finnish–voinko? (vo in koh?)
French–Puis je? (peej)
German–kann ich… (kahn iH)
Italian–posso (poh sew)
Japanese–Ii Desuka? (Ee Dess Kah?)
Korean–Sillyehapnida. (Shil Le Ham Ni Da.)
Polish–mogę? (mo' geh?)
Portuguese–Posso? (poh soo?)
Russian–mozhno? (moh zhnah?)
Spanish–puedo? (pway doh)
Swahili–naweza (na weh za)
Thai–… Dai Mai? (… DAI mai?)
Turkish–buyurun (booh ya rahn)
Vietnamese–Tôi Có Thể...? (Toy Caw Te…?)
It doesn't matter how tired you are, or how many chairs are available in your host's house or near a group of people in a restaurant. You do not just plop yourself on a chair. It is just not polite. But if you start with the phrase "may I? (point at chair, door)" (buyurun), then unless the chair is taken, everyone will happily nod and allow you to join their group.
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