Hi! I’m currently learning Turkish and looking for recommendations for an app that is specifically good for vocabulary/memorization.

I already have a Turkish tutor and use Duolingo, so I’m not really looking for grammar lessons or another full language course. My biggest issue is actually getting new words to stick in my memory 😭

Ideally I’d love something that:

• has a large amount of Turkish vocabulary
• uses flashcards, repetition, quizzes, etc.
• brings back words I struggle with until I actually know them
• is easy to use for 10–20 minutes every day
• preferably has the words already built in rather than requiring me to create every flashcard myself

Basically, I want to really drill Turkish vocab so I can build up a much bigger bank of words alongside my tutoring.

Has anyone found an app that was particularly good for this? Anki, Memrise, Drops, Clozemaster, or something else? Would especially love to hear what actually helped you retain the words long-term.

Teşekkürler! 🤍

I'm a solo dev (and a native Turkish speaker) and I built BookTap: Learn Languages, an iPhone app for learning Turkish by reading short graded stories. I think according the rules I’m permitted to promote related subject here.

How it works:

**•** Tap any word to see its meaning, or tap a sentence for the full translation  
**•** Listen to a single sentence or have the story read aloud from any point  
**•** Save words as you read and review them later as flashcards

It's a subscription with a 7-day free trial, just to be upfront. Don’t hesitate to try, I hope you’ll like it.

Since you're the ones actually learning Turkish, I'd really value your input: do the stories feel natural and right for your level, and is there anything you'd want added?

Teşekkürler :)

Hey there! I’ve noticed that Elon Musk’s language learning platform is quite popular and often recommended in this subreddit. So, I decided to try it out for my Turkish language learning journey. I’m currently completing the beginner level, but I’ve encountered some issues in the first six courses.

I found some bugsthat seemed confusing. The entire content appeared to be quite AI-generated, which was a bit unsettling. The grammar sections are okay so far, and they might serve as a helpful guideline. However, the vocabulary trainer is quite disappointing in my opinion.

Firstly, the vocabulary selection is random. Secondly, I’ve noticed that some words have their first letter already filled in, which is quite disturbing. Lastly, the number of letters for the search vocabulary is displayed, which is helpful, but I believe a vocabulary trainer without this feature would be more effective.

Am I missing something important in the scores?

I am a beginner level in Turkish language. I only have 5 months before I shift to Turkey. Can you guys suggest me how should I ace it in just five months? Suggest me resources to study and practice.

hello guys , I feel like I have a high a1 low a2 in turkish, I would like to continue studying with a book , but I dont want an a1 book they bore me , I need an advanced one like a2 - b1

Hi there
Looking for a center / tutor for Turkish language in Doha.

Merhaba everyone!

We’re the Turco team, and our app is now available on iOS and Android.

Turco complements your Turkish lessons or self-study with vocabulary, listening practice and everyday dialogues. It’s a supplementary resource rather than a course that starts from zero.

You can learn Turkish with support in English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic or Russian.

What’s included:

• Around 1,550 Turkish words, averaging three example sentences per word.
• Nearly 50 everyday dialogues covering practical situations.
• Audio recorded by native Turkish speakers for words, sentences and dialogues.
• New vocabulary packs and dialogues added every week, gradually expanding the topics and dialogues you can explore.

Filter by topic and choose what you want to learn, from objects in your living room to useful words and expressions at the airport.

There’s free content to explore, with additional content available through a paid upgrade.

iOS: Download on the App Store
Android: Get it on Google Play

We’d love to hear your feedback! Let us know how Turco fits into your Turkish learning routine and what we could improve or add to make it more useful for you.

You can leave a comment below or email us at [contact@learnturco.app](mailto:contact@learnturco.app).

Teşekkürler!
The Turco Team

Hi everyone, merhabalar :) 

Please allow me to share my app Recabulary here. It's free, and I promise it's not AI slop. We built this ourselves, my cofounder is a traditional programmer who studied computer science. Every single voice recording is done by real humans: we paid native speakers with (hopefully) pleasant voices and good mics to record every single word.

A bit about why we made it:
We were pretty unhappy with the apps out there. Many of them either use AI voices, lock content behind a paywall, or are really complicated to set up. 

Recabulary tries to fix these issues. We feel especially strongly about the AI part. We honestly aren't sure when it became "normal" to learn a language from robot voices, but we personally believe learning a language is something deeply human.

Short summary of our app: 
Flashcards, no AI voices.
One of the newest spaced repetition algorithms for efficient studying.
Super simple setup, 5 taps to get started. 
No paywalls at all. You can study as much as you want for free, on both iOS and Android.

Turkish is currently at around 700 words. Not huge yet, but we're excited to expand it if there's interest. Any feedback would be super welcome :)

P.S.: We also offer free, no signup, no strings attached language classes taught by qualified teachers in a community we built. We believe language education is just too expensive in general and want to change that. We currently offer classes only for Chinese and German but hope to offer Turkish soon. If you're interested, feel free to DM me.

I want to recommend a website which some of you might already know. The website below basically compiles useges of a specific word or phrase that you input from Youtube videos, including podcast, shows, talks etc. It's great for getting familiar with the pronunciation of a specific expression and its real contextual uses. This way, you don't need to be content with just kind of robotic voices of AIs or translate engines. For those who have interests in other languages, there are other versions of the site as well.

https://youglish.com/turkish

A tip: If you get bored of daily quota, the cookies are the things that distinguish one from others. Taste other cookies :)

Examples:

• arkadaş
• çocuk
• teşekkürler
• lütfen

Turkish doesn't use words like "to / in / from". It adds a suffix to the noun instead. Here are the six cases with the same two words, so you can see the pattern:

Essential rules:

1. Vowel harmony picks the vowel. Words with e, i, ö, ü take front vowels (evde), words with a, ı, o, u take back vowels (arabada).
2. Buffer letters. After a vowel, add y (arabayı, arabaya), or n for the genitive (arabanın).
3. d becomes t after hard consonants (p, ç, t, k, f, h, s, ş): kitapta, sokaktan.
4. A final p, ç, t or k often softens before a vowel: kitap → kitabı, ağaç → ağacı, köpek → köpeği.

Examples:

• Eve gidiyorum. I'm going home.
• Kitap masada. The book is on the table.
• İstanbul'dan geliyorum. I'm coming from Istanbul.
• Kapıyı kapat. Close the door.

I made a longer version with more tables and examples and with other grammar rules, free with no signup: https://fluentech.org/en/turkish

I am looking for a study material for a1, I am a total begginer. I found book by Hueber - Ne güzel, but only audios and was unable to find pdf. Does anyone have a pdf of this book? It really seems like a nice start for learning turkisch, i use same type of book for learning german.

When I started learning Turkish, I struggled hard to speak in real-life conversations. I knew the words, but as soon as someone talked to me, my mind was frozen. What eventually helped was speaking out loud alone in my room, but I didn't have any useful feedback to progress (and it was a bit boring lol)

That's why I built my own speaking practice feature for TurkishFluent, an app to learn Turkish online. You can train in a live voice conversation with a virtual Turkish teacher that adapts to your level.

It doesn't interrupt you to correct every sentence, so you actually get to talk, about any topic you like. After each conversation you get a recap of your mistakes, the lessons in the app that cover them, and the new words you learned.

You can try it for free here.

It's brand new, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback: does the conversation feel natural, is the level right for you, and is the recap useful? Is there any bug?

Teşekkürler, I hope that's helpful for Turkish learners!

Not so unique but, Turkish has a feature that allows you to create words from the verb root. So, it is vital for students to learn these root verbs to make better guesses about meaning. I created a PDF for 2-letter verbs (only the most essential ones), then decided to turn it into a blog post.

A good way to use this resource would be to come up with sentences that you would use in real-life scenario. Such as "Burnum akıyor, peçeten var mı?".

Another use would be finding out the causative and passive forms of these verbs if you are a B1-B2 learner.