Culture
A pocket dictionary for the road
Twenty field phrases, in Romanian, English, Turkish and German. They cover a loaf of bread, a boat, a toilet and a thank you. This is not a course. Pronunciation is learned by ear, not from a website.
Courtesy
Mulțumesc / Thank you / Teşekkürler / Danke. Bună ziua / Good afternoon / İyi günler / Guten Tag. Mă scuzați / Excuse me / Affedersiniz / Entschuldigung.
On the road
Unde e nava? / Where is the boat? / Tekne nerede? / Wo ist das Boot? Stația / the station / durak / Bahnhof. Stânga, dreapta / left, right / sol, sağ / links, rechts.
Needs
Apă / water / su / Wasser. Toaletă / toilet / tuvalet / Toilette. Bilet / ticket / bilet / Fahrkarte. Parcare / parking / otopark / Parkplatz.
Status
Deschis / open / açık / offen. Închis / closed / kapalı / geschlossen. Ajutor / help / yardım / Hilfe. Nu înțeleg / I don’t understand / Anlamıyorum / Ich verstehe nicht.
A meal
Pâine / bread / ekmek / Brot. Pește / fish / balık / Fisch. Nota, vă rog / the bill, please / hesap lütfen / die Rechnung bitte.
Going further
The EN guide and the TR guide are short orientation pages, not a translation of the whole site. The multicultural glossary holds the words of the marsh and the mahala.