AZERBAIJAN LANGUAGE MANUAL

PEACE CORPS/AZERBAIJAN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGE ...........................................4 LESSON 1 ..............................................................................................................................5

AZERBAIJANI ALPHABET ................................................................................5 VOWEL HARMONY ........................................................................................5

LESSON 2 ..............................................................................................................................6

PERSONAL PRONOUNS .................................................................................6 TO BE SUFFIXES IN THE PRESENT TENSE........................................................6

LESSON 3 NEGATIVE AND AFFIRMATIVE FORMS OF TO BE IN PRESENT................7 LESSON 4 ..............................................................................................................................7

HOW TO

GREET AND RESPOND TO GREETING .................................................7

LESSON 5 ..............................................................................................................................8

OTHER EXPRESSIONS USED FOR GREETING ....................................................8

LESSON 6 ..............................................................................................................................8

SAYING GOOD- BYE ......................................................................................8

LESSON 7 ..............................................................................................................................8

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS/POSSESSIVENESS ...................................................8 POSSESSIVE SUFFIXES .................................................................................9

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LESSON 8 ............................................................................................................................10

GETTING AQUAINTED ..................................................................................10

LESSON 9 ............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONS .........................................................................................10
LESSON 10 ..........................................................................................................................11

POLITELY SPEAKING ...................................................................................11

LESSON 11 ..........................................................................................................................11

FREQUENTLY USED VERBS- COMMANDS ......................................................11

LESSON 12 FORMAL AND INFORMAL COMMAND FORMS ...........................................12 LESSON 13 ..........................................................................................................................12

PRESENT TENSE ........................................................................................12

LESSON 14 ..........................................................................................................................13

EXPRESSING NEEDS AND ASKING ABOUT PRICE ...........................................13

LESSON 15 ..........................................................................................................................14

ASKING QUESTIONS ...................................................................................14

LESSON 16 ..........................................................................................................................14

THE ADJECTIVES ........................................................................................14

LESSON 17 ..........................................................................................................................14

AGREEING AND DISAGREEING .....................................................................14

LESSON 18 ..........................................................................................................................15

ASKING/REQUESTING FOR SOMETHING OR OFFERING ASSISTANCE ................15

LESSON 19 ..........................................................................................................................15

TALKING ABOUT LANGUAGE ABILITIES ...........................................................15

LESSON 20 ..........................................................................................................................15

ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS ............................................................................15

LESSON 21 ..........................................................................................................................16

CONVERSATION WITH THE HOST FAMILY......................................................16

LESSON 22 ..........................................................................................................................17

EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES ................................................................17

LESSON 23 ..........................................................................................................................17

NUMERALS ................................................................................................17

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Brief Introduction to the Azerbaijani Language

The Azerbaijani language is the official language of the Azerbaijan Republic. Azerbaijani is spoken by about 8 million people in Azerbaijan Republic and generally by 50 million people all over the world. Azerbaijani is a member of the Turkic branch of the Altaic language family, which includes about 20 languages. Close to 150 million people speak these languages in the area that stretches from the Adriatic Sea in the west to Mongolia, Siberia and China in the east. Specifically, Azerbaijani belongs to the Oghuz Seljuk sub-group, along with (Osmanli) Turkish. Other well-known members of the Turkic branch include: Uzbek, Kipchak, Kyrgyz, Tatar, and Kazakh. The Turkic languages closely resemble each other and form a complex of mutually intelligible dialects. Characteristic features of the Azerbaijani language are: Like all of the Turkic languages, Azerbaijani is agglutinative, that is, grammatical functions are indicated by adding various suffixes to fixed stems. Separate suffixes on nouns indicate both gender and number, but there is no grammatical gender. Absence of initial and final consonant clusters (with some exceptions for the final consonant clusters) Absence of articles Instead of prepositions, it uses postpositions . For example: Anam il = with my mother Nouns are inflected for case. There are five case endings. It is subject-object-verb language It has a vowel harmony The Azerbaijani language has 32 letters. Stress always falls on the last syllable.

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Lesson 1
Azerbaijani Alphabet Hrflr Letters Bb Cc Dd Ff Gg Hh I i Jj Qq Ll Mm Nn Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Yy Zz () (b) (c) () (d) () () (f) (ge) (e) (h) () () (i) (j) () (q) (el) (m) (n) () () (p) (r) (s) () (t) (u) () (v) (y) (z) Nmunlr (Examples) Ata, imla (father, dictation) Byk, mktb (big, school) Cavab, c (answer, tree) y, ik (tea, flower) Da, qnd (mountain, sugar) Elm, neft (science, oil) , drs (meat, lesson) fhl, arf gmi, gn (close to English g in give, singer) Olan, ba (boy, garden) ( close to French rin pardon) hft, hava (week, air) xrit, yax (close to Scottish chin loch) Baq, balq (knife, fish)(close to English yin symbol) Indi, ink (now, cow) Jurnal, qaraj (magazine, garage) Kartof, fizika (potato, physics) Qap, qaq (door, spoon) Lampa, palto (lamp, coat) Mavi, pambq (blue, cotton) Ana, nahar (mother, dinner) otaq, orta (room, middle) rk, rdk (bread, duck) pncr, pendir (window, cheese) Radio, armud (radio, pear) Sd, su (milk, water) orba, am (soup, candle) Tarix, mtn (history, text) Uaq, qum (child, sand) zm, z (grape, face)(very close to German - bung) Valideyn, divar (parents, wall) Yay, yeni (summer, new) Maaza, zavod (shop, plant) As in the word Father Big Jam Check Day End, elephant Man, bad Factory, scarf

Hand, here Hobby

Beach, leave Garage, massage Cat ,class, cabbage Go, get Lamp, lemon Map, machine Nine, next Boss, often Burn, earn Pen, pencil Red City, side Shy, shine Text, time Moon, soup Vital, vast Yes, yesterday Zebra, zero

Vowel Harmony In Azerbaijani there is a phenomenon called vowel harmony in which the vowels of suffixes must harmonize with the vowels of noun and verb stems, for example, if the stem has a hard vowel (a, , o, u), then the vowel of the suffix must be hard; if the stem has a soft vowel (e, , i, , ), then the suffix must be soft. For example: kitab+ lar (lar- plural suffix) kitab+ n (Genetive case) zavod+ un (Genetive case) gl+lr (plural) mktb+ (dative case) books books plants flowers to school

Note: Though this concept may be difficult to understand at first, Peace Corps Language trainers will work with you during Pre-Service Training to help you understand. Intro to the Azerbaijan Language, Peace Corps/Azerbaijan 5

Lesson 2
Personal Pronouns I You He/she/it We You They Mn Sn O Biz Siz Onlar

To be suffixes in the Present Tense To convey the same meaning of the English to be Azerbaijani has different words and suffixes. The most common of them are the personal suffixes that attach to nouns, adjectives, and locations and express the meaning of to be + noun/adjective/adverb. For example: Bu kitabdr = It is a book. O, qz qngdir = That girl is beautiful. Kitab rf+d+dir = The book is on the shelf (note that d here indicates location.).

Negative is formed by the word deyil. For example: Bu kitab deyil = This is not a book. Kitab rfd deyil = The book is not on the shelf. O qz qng deyil = That girl is not beautiful. See below for endings used with different persons: Personal Pronoun 1st person Singular Mn (y)am, - (y)m Mn hkim+m (I am a doctor) Mn all+y+am ( I am clever) Sn -- san, sn Sn hkim+sn (You are a doctor) Sn all+ san (You are clever) O dr, dir, dur, dr O hkim+ dir (He/she is a doctor) O all+ dr (He/she is clever) Plural Biz (y)q, (y)ik, (y)uq, (y)k Biz hkim+ ik (We are doctors) Biz all+y+ q (We are clever) Snz4 or (shorter form) sz, siz, suz, sz Siz hkim+siniz(siz) (You are doctors) Siz all+snz(sz) (You are clever) Onlar dr, dir, dur, dr Onlar hkim+dir(lr). (They are doctors) Onlar all+dr (lar) (They are clever)

2nd person

3rd person

Note that y is a connecting consonant, which is used between two vowels. For example: Mn gcl+y+m = I am strong.

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Lesson 3
Negative and Affirmative Forms of to be in Present

I am a teacher -- I am not a teacher. You are a doctor You are not a doctor. He/she is a driver -- He/she is not a driver. We are Volunteers -- We are not Volunteers. You are Trainees You are not Trainees. They are workers -- They are not workers.

Mn mllimm Mn mllim deyil+m. Sn hkimsn Sn hkim deyil+sn. O srcdr- O src deyil. Biz knllyk Biz knll deyil+ik. Siz tlimisiniz (siz) Siz tlimi deyil+siniz. Onlar fhldir(lr) Onlar fhl deyil+(lr).

Lesson 4
How to greet and respond to a greeting

English
Dialogue-1 A: - Hello! B: - Hello A: - How are you? B: - I am fine, thank you very much. How are you? A: - I am fine too. Thank you. Dialogue- 2 A: - Hi! How are you? B: - I am fine, thank you. How are you? A: - I am fine too. How are things? B: - Not bad. How is everything with you? A: - Fine. Dialogue 3 A: - Hello! How are things? B: - Hello! Everything is OK. How are things in your life? A: - Thanks God, everything is fine. (lit. all are in good health) Dialogue 4 A: - Hello! Are you OK? B: - Yes, I am fine. And you? A: - I am fine too. Dialogue 5 A: - Hello, how are you? B: - Hi, very bad. A: - Why, what happened? B: - It is very hot.

Azerbaijani
Dialoq-1 A: - Salam! B: - Salam! A: - Necsiniz? (formal) B: - Yaxyam, ox sa olun. Siz necsiniz? A: - Mn d yaxyam. Sa olun. Dialoq- 2 A: - Salam! Necsn? (informal) B: - Yaxyam, sa ol. Sn necsn? A: - Mn d yaxyam. lrin necdir? B: - Pis deyil. Snin ilrin necdir? A: - Yaxdr. Dialoq 3 A: - Salam! N var, n yox? B: - Hr ey yaxdr. Sizd n var, n yox? A: - kr ALLAHA, salamatlqdr. Dialoq 4 A: - Salam! Yaxsanm? B: - H, yaxyam. Bs sn? A: - Mn d yaxyam. Dialoq 5 A: - Salam, necsn? B: - Salam, ox pis. A: - Niy, n olub? B: - ox istidir.

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Lesson 5
Other expressions used for greeting Good morning Good day Good evening Hello Welcome Sabahnz xeyir. Gn aydn. Axamnz xeyir. Salamleykm. Xo glmisiniz.

Saying salam when you meet people is very important for Azerbaijanis. When someone doesnt say salam, people say: Where is your salam? You dont even say Gods salam. Necsn? (informal) or Necsiz? (formal) is used when people know each other. Note that sn2 is used for informal; siz4 or siniz is used for formal address for the second person singular. For example: yaxsan? (informal), yazsnz? (formal).

Lesson 6
Saying Good- bye 1. A: Good- bye B: Good-bye, you are welcome. 2. A: Good bye B: Good luck. 3. A: Good- bye. So long. B: So long. Good bye. 4. A: Good night. B: Good night. 5. A: Good bye. See you later. B: See you later. 1. A: Sa olun. B: Sa olun. Xo gldiniz. 2. A: Salamat qaln. B: Yax yol. 3. A: Sa olun. Hllik. B: Hllik. Sa olun. 4. A: Gecniz xeyr qalsn. B: Xeyr qar. 5. A: Sa olun, grrik. B: Grrik.

Lesson 7
Possessive Pronouns/Possessive My Your His/her Our Your Their Mnim Snin Onun Bizim Sizin Onlarn 8

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In Azerbaijani, Possession contains two parts: possessor and possessed. The possessor is a noun or a pronoun in genitive case: mnim (my), snin (your), bacmn (my sisters) etc. and possessed is a noun that has possessive suffixes: anam (my mother), qardan(your brother), atas (his/her father). For example: Mnim bacm (My sister). Snin bacn (Your sister). Onun bacs (His/her sister). Bizim bacmz (Our sister). Sizin bacnz (Your sister). Onlarn bacs (Their sister).

Possessive Suffixes
Persons Mnim Suffixes ()m, - (i)m, - (u)m, - ()m kitab+m (my book) dftr+im (my notebook) yaz+m (my writing) z+m (my face) ()n, - (i)n, -(u)n, ()n kitab+n (your book) dftr+in (your notebook) yaz+n (your writing) z+n (your face) - (s),- (s)i,- (s)u,- (s) (note that s is a connecting consonant and is added when the word ends in a vowel ata+s+) kitab+ (his/her book) dftr+i (his/her notebook) yaz+s (his/her writing) z+ (his/her face) Bizim ()mz, - (i)miz, (u)muz, ()mz kitab+mz (our book) dftr+imiz (our notebook) yaz+mz (our writing) z+mz (our face) - ()nz, - (i)niz, (u)nuz,- ()nz kitab+nz (your book) dftr+iniz (your notebook) yaz+nz (your writing) z+nz (your face) - (s),- (s)i,- (s)u,(s) - lar, - lri kitab+ or kitab+lar (their books) dftr+i/dftrlri (their notebooks) yaz+s/yazlar (their writings) z+/zlri (their faces) Note that lar, -lr are plural suffixes. In Azerbaijani they are used if the possessed is plural. If the possessed is singular the plural suffixes are not used.

Snin

Sizin

Onun

Onlarn

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Lesson 8
Getting Aquainted 1. A: Hello, my name is Ryan. I am an American. B: Hello, my name is Aysel. I am an Azerbaijani. 2. What is your name? What is your name? Where are you from? Where are you from? What are you? (Profession) What are you? (Profession) 3. A: Hello, what is your name? B: Hello, my name is Paul. A: How old are you? B: I am 22. A: Where are you from? B: I am from America. I am an American. A: What are you? B: I am a Peace Corps Volunteer. A: What are you doing? B: I am teaching English. 4. A: Hello, my name is Sandy. B: Hi, my name is Rauf. A: Nice to meet you. B: Nice to meet you too. 1. A: Salam, mnim adm Rayndr. Mn Amerikalyam. B: Salam, mnim adm Ayseldir. Mn Azrbaycanlyam. 2. Snin adn ndir? (informal) Sizin adnz ndir? (formal) Sn haralsan? (informal) Siz haralsnz? (formal) Sn nisn? (informal) Siz nisiniz? (formal) 3. A: Salam, snin adn ndir? B: Salam, mnim adm Poldur. A: Snin ne yan var? B: Mnim iyirmi iki (22) yam var. A: Sn haradansan? B: Mn Amerikadanam. Mn Amerikalyam. A: Sn nisn? B: Mn Slh Korpusu Knllsym. A: Sn n edirsn? B: Mn ingilis dili yrdirm. 4. A: Salam, mnim adm Sndidir. B: Salam, mnim adm Raufdur. A: ox adam. B: Mn d ox adam.

Lesson 9
Introductions 1. This is Eric. He is my friend. This is my father. His name is Fuad. This is my mother. Her name is Nargiz. This is my sister. Her name is Fidan. This is my brother. His name is Samir. This is my director. His name is Vahid. Or Vahid muallim (teacher) is my director. 2. A: Please get acquainted, this is Vahid muallim (teacher). He is the director of our school. B: Hello, Vahid muallim. You are welcome. V: Thank you so much. 1. Bu Erikdir. O mnim dostumdur. Bu mnim atamdr. Onun ad Fuaddr. Bu mnim anamdr. Onun ad Nrgizdir. Bu mnim bacmdr. Onun ad Fidandr. Bu mnim qardamdr. Onun ad Samirdir. Bu mnin direktorumdur. Onun ad Vahiddir. Or Vahid mllim mnim direktorumdur. 2. A: Tan olun, Vahid mllim. O bizim mktbin direktorudur. B: Salam, Vahid mllim, xo glmisiniz. V: ox sa olun.

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Azerbaijanis typically use first names followed by a title. For women, the title Xanm (KHAH-nim) is used. It means "woman or lady" and does not indicate if the woman is married or single, much like the Western term, "Ms." Example: Nargiz xanm, Fidan xanm. The most frequently used titles for men are mllim (teacher) (moh-al-LIM) for a person related to academics or intellectual life or cnab (Jnab)(sir) for officials or by mostly used by opposition parties. Locals use xanm or cnab too when they address the high rank foreign officials.

Lesson 10
Politely Speaking 1. Thank you very much. Here you go. Please Sorry or Excuse me. Excuse me. 2. A: Please give me water. B: Here you go. A: Thank you so much. 3. Please shut the door. Please turn off the light. 4. A: Excuse me, where is the bathroom? B: Over there A: Thank you very much. 5. A: Sorry or Excuse me, how can I go to the post office? B: Go straight. A: Thank you so much. B: You are welcome. 1. ox sa olun. Buyurun. Zhmt olmasa. Balayn. zr istyirm 2. A: Zhmt olmasa, mn su verin. B: Buyurun. A: ox sa olun. 3. Zhmt olmasa, qapn rt. Zhmt olmasa, i sndr. 4. A: Balayn, tualet haradadr? B: Orada. A: ox sa olun. 5. A: zr istyirm, pota nec getmk olar? B: Dz gedin. A: ox sa olun. B: Buyurun.

Lesson 11
Frequently Used Verbs- Commands to come come to go go to sit sit to eat eat to drink drink to stop stop to speak speak to take take Infinitive -- command glmk -- gl getmk -- get oturmaq -- otur yemk -- ye imk -- i dayanmaq -- dayan danmaq -- dan gtrmk -- gtr 11

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to put put to take away- take away to see see to write write to read read to teach teach to sleep sleep to turn on turn on to turn off turn off to throw throw to run run to watch/see watch/see to listen listen to give -- give

qoymaq -- qoy aparmaq -- apar grmk -- gr yazmaq -- yaz oxumaq oxu yrtmk yrt yatmaq -- yat yandrmaq yandr sndrmk sndr atmaq at qamaq qa baxmaq bax qulaq asmaq -- qulaq as vermk -- ver

Lesson 12
Formal and Informal Command Forms Note that, for commands, in formal and polite speech in, -n,- un,- n is added to the verb stem according to the vowel harmony. For example: infinitive glmk (to come) qalmaq (to stay) olmaq (to be) grmk (to see) oxumaq (to read) command informal gl (come) qal (stay) ol (be) gr (see) oxu (read) command formal glin (come) qaln olun grn oxuyun

Lesson 13
Present Tense The present tense is formed by adding (y)ir(r,ur,r) to the verb root. For example: ilmk (to work) - il+y+ ir (works); glmk (to come)- gl+ir (comes); oxumaq (to read)- oxu+y+ ur (reads). The negative is formed by adding-ma,-m or -m to the root of the verb before adding the present tense suffix. For example: il+y+ir--------- il+M+ir (doesnt work), gl+ir------- gl+M+ ir (doesnt come). In order to indicate which person is carrying out the action, one of the personal suffixes is added: person 1st Mn singular -am, -m ist+y+ir+m (I want) ist+M+ ir+m (I dont want) oxu+ y+ur+ am (I read) oxu+M+ur+am (I dont read) -san,-sn ist+y+ir+sn (You want) ist+M+ir+sn(you dont want) oxu+y+ur+ san (you read) oxu+M+ur+san (you dont read) person Biz plural -ik,-q,-uq,-k ist+y+ir+ik (we want) ist+M+ir+ik (we don want) oxu+y+ur+uq (we read) oxu+M+ur+uq (we dont read) -siniz, -snz, -sunuz,snz ist+y+ir+siniz (you want) ist+M+ir+siniz (you dont want) 12

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oxu+y+ur+sunuz(you read) oxu+M+ur+sunuz (you dont read) 3rd O None ist+y+ir (He/ she wants) ist+M+ir (he/she doesnt want) oxu+y+ur (he/she reads) oxu+M +ur (he/she doesnt read) Onlar -lar, -lr ist+y+ir+lr (they want) ist+M+ir(lr) (they dont want) oxu+y+ur+lar (they read) oxu+M+ur(lar) (they dont read)

Lesson 14
Expressing Needs and Asking About Price 1. I need water. I need a bathroom. I need to eat. I need to sleep I need to have a rest. I need to read. I need fruit. I need to buy clothes. I need to buy shoes. I need to get up early in the morning. I dont need bread. I dont need water. 2. I want cold water. I want to eat. I want to sleep. I want to go to the post office. I want to buy a mobile phone. I want cola. I want to be alone. I dont want water. I dont want to eat. I dont eat meat. I dont eat much butter/oil. I dont drink. 3. How much is the water? How much is the apple? How much is the tomato? How much is the mineral water? 1. Mn su lazmdr. Mn tualet lazmdr. Mn yemk lazmdr. Mn yatmaq lazmdr. Mn dinclmk lazmdr. Mn oxumaq lazmdr. Mn meyv lazmdr. Mn paltar almaq lazmdr. Mn ayaqqab almaq lazmdr. Mn shr tez durmaq lazmdr. Mn rk lazm deyil. Mn su lazm deyil. 2. Mn soyuq su istyirm. Mn yemk istyirm. Mn yatmaq istyirm. Mn pota getmk istyirm. Mn mobil telefon almaq istyirm. Mn kola istyirm. Mn tk qalmaq istyirm. Mn su istmirm. Mn yemk istmirm. Mn t yemirm. Mn yal yemirm. Mn imirm. 3. Su neydir? Alma neydir? Pomidor neydir? Mineral su neydir?

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Lesson 15
Asking Questions Who? What? Where? What is this? Who is that? When? How? What does it mean? Why? Kim? N? Hara? Bu ndir? Kimdir? N vaxt? Nec? Bu n demkdir? Niy? N n?

Lesson 16
The Adjectives cold hot sweet bitter tasty tasteless salty unsalted strong tea weak tea fresh old soyuq isti irin ac dadl dadsz duzlu duzsuz tnd ay aq ay tz khn

Lesson 17
Agreeing and Disagreeing Yes No Yes No Absolutely right No, it is wrong. You are not right. You are right. You are wrong. I dont agree. I agree. This is not true. Bli (formal) Xeyr (formal) H (informal) Yox (informal) Tamamil dzdr. Xeyr, shvdir. Sn(siz) dz deyilsn (siz) Sn(siz) dz deyirsn. or Sn dzsn. Sn (siz) shvsn Mn raz deyilm Mn razyam. Dz deyil.

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Lesson 18
Asking/Requesting for Something or Offering Assistance Can/could you open the door? Can/could you open the window? Can/could you tell? Can/could I make a call? May I come? Can I open? Can I help? You cannot! Shall I call? Shall I go? Shall I help you? Qapn aa bilrsiniz? Pncrni aa bilrsiniz? Dey bilrsiniz? Zng ed bilrm? Glmk olar? Amaq olar? Kmk ed bilrm? Olmaz! Zng edim? Gedim? Kmk edim?

Lesson 19
Talking about language abilities I dont know Azerbaijani I know very little Azerbaijani I can speak a little. Do you know English? I am sorry, I dont understand. Do you understand? I am an American I dont know Azerbaijani. Please speak a little slower I dont understand. Mn Azrbaycan dilini bilmirm. Mn Azrbaycan dilind ox az bilirm. Mn bir az dana bilirm. Sn (siz) ingilisc bilirsn (siz)? Balayn, baa dmrm. Baa drsn? Mn Amerikalyam, Azrbaycan dilind dana bilmirm. Bir az yava dan, baa dmrm.

Lesson 20
Asking for Directions 1. A: Excuse me, where is the bathroom (toilet)? B: Go straight. A: Thank you so much. 2. A: Where is the bathroom B: Turn to the right. 3. A: Where can I wash my hands? B: In the bathroom. A: Is there any soap? B: Yes, it is over there. 4. A: Excuse me, where is cafe? B: In the center. 1. A: Balayn, tualet haradadr? B: Dz gedin. A: ox sa olun. 2. A: Hamam haradadr? B: Saa dnn. 3. A: limi harada yuya bilrm? B: Hamamda. A: Sabun var? B: H oradadr. 4. A: Balayn, kafe haradadr? B: Mrkzd. 15

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5. A: Where is the bazaar? B: Go straight, it is on the right side. A: Thank you very much. B: Not at all. 6. A: Where is the shop? B: Turn to the left.

5. A: Bazar haradadr? B: Dz gedin, sada. A: ox sa olun. B: Dymz. 6. A: Maaza haradadr? B: Sola dnn.

Lesson 21
Conversation With the Host Family 1. A: Are you hungry? B: Yes, a little. I want to eat bread, cheese and a vegetable salad. 2. A: Come and have a lunch. B: I am not hungry. I dont want to eat. I want water. 3. A: Shall I help you? B: No, thank you. I will do myself. 4. Where shall I wash my clothes? Where shall I hang my clothes? Where can I drink water? Is the water boiled? I cannot eat this meal. How can I heat the water? The hot water is not running. The water is not running. There is no toilet paper. There is no soap. There is no electricity. I have a headache. I have a toothache. I have a diarrhea. I have a sore throat. I am sick. I feel bad. 1. A: Acsan? B: H (bli), bir az. Mn rk, pendir v trvz salat yemk istyirm. 2. A: Gl yemk ye. B: Mn ac deyilm. Yemk istmirm. Su istyirm. 3. A: Siz kmk edim? B: Yox sa ol. Mn zm edrm. 4. Paltarm harada yuyum? Paltarm haradan asm? Su haradan i bilrm? Su qaynayb? Mn bu yemyi yey bilmirm. Suyu nec qzdrm? sti su glmir. Su glmir. Tualet kaz yoxdur. Sabun yoxdur. q yanmr. Bam aryr. Diim aryr. Qarnm aryr. Boazm aryr. Xstym. Ozm pis hiss edirm.

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Lesson 22
Expressing Likes and Dislikes 1. A: Do you like fruit? B: Yes, I like fruit. 2. A: Do you like milk? B: No, I dont like milk/ 3. A: What do you like? B: I like tomato, cucumber, watermelon. 4. A: What dont you like? B: I dont like tea. 5. I dont like too much butter/oil 1. A: Meyv xolayrsan? B: Bli, mn meyv xolayram. 2. A: Sd xolayrsan? B: Xeyr, mn sd xolamram. 3. A: Sn n xolayrsan? B: Mn pomidor, xiyar , qarpz xolayram. 4. A: Sn n xolamrsan? B: Mn ay xolamram. 5. Yal yemk xolamram.

Lesson 23
Numerals 0 - sfr 1 - bir 2 - iki 3 - 4 - drd 5 - be 6 - alt 7 - yeddi 8 - skkiz 9 - doqquz 10 - on 11 - on bir 12 - on iki 13 - on 14 - on drd 15 - on be 16 - on alt 17 - on yeddi 18 - on skkiz 19 - on doqquz 20 - iyirmi 21 - iyirmi bir 22 - iyirmi iki 23 - iyirmi etc. 10 - on 20 - iyirmi 30 - otuz 40 - qrx 50 - lli 60 - altm 70 - yetmi 80 - sksn 90 - doxsan 100 - yz 200 - iki yz 300 - yz etc. 1000 - min 2 000 - iki min 3 000 - min 4 000 - drd min 5 000 - be min 6 000 - alt min 7000 - yeddi min 8 000 - skkiz min 9 000 - doqquz min 1 000 000 - bir milyon 1 000 000 000 - bir milyard

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