Lesson 10 Around the House Evde

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1 This lesson will introduce you to: - Basic vocabulary related to the home - Rooms around the house - Furniture items you may see. Lesson 10 Around the House Evde The Turkish Home In Turkey, the average apartment for a family of four to five people usually has two or three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom (or sometimes two). People might eat in their kitchen or living room. Most homes have basic kitchen appliances and other electronics such as a washing machine, a vacuum cleaner, a dishwasher and an oven. Usually people design their homes in a simple and functional style. Most people do not have household items that sit in the house and are not used. Because they have limited room and no storage, they usually would give away the items that they do not need or do not use. Mostly they will give those items to people who need them or sell them at a low price. Garage sales, which are a part of American culture, are not part of the Turkish culture. This is because average Turkish families do not have as many household items as American families. Only a minority can afford expensive gadgets used in sports, exercising, camping, etc. Almost all Turkish people take their shoes off when they go into their homes. Turkish people love handmade carpets so in most homes people have them in their bedrooms, living rooms and/or kitchens. Most homes have nice and elegant curtains and lace for their windows. A lot of people also like having plants in small pots on the windowsills, or in bigger pots in their living room or on the balcony. Clothes dryers are not common in Turkey, so most people dry their clothes on clotheslines, and even in the city, seeing laundry hanging on balconies is a common sight. Turkish people love watching television so in almost every home there is a TV. It is main form of entertainment in everyday life. The computer is taking its place as the second most popular form of entertainment as more people can now afford one. They are especially popular among young people. Backgammon is also very popular, especially among men. There is a backgammon set in most Turkish homes. Turkish people are open to novelties but sometimes it takes a while for them to get used to something. When they started to sell cell phones in Turkey, the country became one of the best markets in Europe as the people just loved the gadget and everybody wanted to have one. It is interesting that although microwave ovens have been marketed for a long time now, not many homes have them. It may be partly because most Turkish people believe that microwave ovens might cause cancer or that food heated in microwave ovens will not taste the same. Turkish society is fast becoming a more consumer-oriented society and as a result the life styles and traditional homes are changing fast too. 130

2 1. Listen to the vocabulary below and repeat after the speaker. Bathroom Bedroom Dining room Door Floor Window Garage Roof Antenna Office Basement Yard Kitchen Living room One-story Two-story First floor Second floor Banyo Yatak odası Yemek odası Kapı Zemin/yer Pencere Garaj Çatı Anten Ofıs Bodrum Avlu Mutfak Oturma odası Tek katlı İki katlı Birinci kat İkinci kat 2. Match the Turkish words in the left column with their English equivalents in the right column. Check your answers with the answer key. 1. Banyo A. Basement 2. Yatak odası B. Yard 3. Yemek odası C. Garage 4. Kapı D. Living room 5. Zemin E. Bathroom 6. Pencere F. Kitchen 7. Garaj G. Bedroom 8. Oturma odası H. Door 9. Ofis I. Dining room 10. Bodrum J. Floor 11. Avlu K. Office 12. Mutfak L. Window 131

3 In Turkish one word is used for the phrase there is/there are : var. The same construction is used for singular and plural nouns. Var also means (something) exists. Examples: English There is a house on that hill. There are houses on that hill. There is a big kitchen in the house. There are two bathrooms in the house. Turkish Şu tepede bir ev var. Şu tepede evler var. Evde büyük bir mutfak var. Evde iki banyo var. Notice also that when we make nouns plural in Turkish normally we add ler/-lar endings to the nouns but when we use numbers before nouns they become automatically plural so we do not use plural endings to make nouns plural in this case. Examples: Evde odalar var. (There are rooms in the house.) Evde iki oda var. (There are two rooms in the house.) Benim kitaplarım var. (I have books.) Benim beş kitabım var. (I have five books.) 3. Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks from the list of words written in the box below. Check your work with the answer key. garaj yatak odası anten avlu mutfak oturma odası ve yatak odası 1. Çatıda bir var. 2. Ofis ile banyo arasında bir var. 3. Evin önünde bir var. 4. ile arasında bir mutfak var. 4. Draw a plan of your house and recite in Turkish the types of rooms you have and where they are located. Work in pairs or in small groups. 5. Match the following questions with the correct answers. Check your work with the answer key. A Banyo nerede? 1. Evet, küçük bir garajımız var. B. Mutfak nerede? 2. Yatak odası oturma odasının yanında. C. Yatak odası nerede? 3. Evet, büyük bir bodrum katımız var. D. Yemek odan var mı? 4. Bizim üç yatak odamız var. E. Garajın var mı? 5. Mutfak birinci katta. F. Kaç odan var? 6. Banyo yatak odasının yanında. G. Bodrum katın var mı? 7. Hayır, bizim yemek odamız yok. 132

4 How many is Kaç tane in Turkish. Most of the time the second word tane is omitted. We always use this phrase with singular nouns although the answer may be in singular or plural. Different from English, the question words Kaç tane can take an initial position or a mid sentence position. Example: Turkish English Evde kaç tane yatak odası var? How many bedrooms are there in the house? (Or Evde kaç yatak odası var?) Notice that even if the second part of question word tane is omitted, the meaning still is the same. Also notice that, different than English, we use singular nouns with question word Kaç tane. 6. Pretend that you want to buy a house. Your classmate is a real estate agent. Make up a dialogue using the model below. Work in pairs or in small groups. Model: A. I want to buy a two-story house. A. Ben iki katlı bir ev satın almak istiyorum. B. There is a nice small house next to the market. B. Marketin yanında küçük, güzel bir ev var. A. How many bedrooms does the house have? A. Evin kaç yatak odası var? B. It has one bedroom. B. Bir yatak odası var. A. How many bathrooms are there in the house? A. Evde kaç banyo var? B. There is a big wonderful bathroom in the house. B. Evde büyük, harika bir banyo var. A. Is there a kitchen in the house? A. Evde bir mutfak var mı? B. Yes, there is. B. Evet, var. 133

5 7. Familiarize yourself with these terms for furniture and furnishings. Listen and repeat after the speaker. Bathtub Bed Bookcase Chair Closet Banyo küveti Yatak Kitaplık Koltuk Dolap Table Refrigerator Dresser Lamp Microwave oven Masa Buzdolabı Şifonyer Lamba Mikro dalga fırın Radio Carpet Sink Sofa Stove Radyo Halı Lavabo Kanepe Fırın Telephone Television Toaster Toilet Telefon Televizyon Tost makinesi Tuvalet 134

6 8. Below is a chart with rooms you would find in a typical home. Under each room, list in Turkish the furniture and furnishings that you would expect to find there. Some items may be used more than once. Mutfak Yemek odası Oturma odası Yatak odası Banyo 9. Using the chart above, ask each other questions in Turkish about the furniture in your home. Model: 1. What do you have in your kitchen? - I have a stove, (etc.) in my kitchen. 1. Mutfağında neler var? - Mutfağımda bir ocak, bir... var. 2. What do you have in your dining room? - I have a table, (etc.) in my dining room. 2. Yemek odanda neler var? -Yemek odamda bir masa, bir... var. 10. Listen and read along as a speaker talks about his home and then answer the questions about the passage. Check your work with the answer key. Benim adım Hakan. Ben eşim ve iki çocuğumla İzmir de yaşıyorum. Bizim iki katlı küçük bir evimiz var. Babam bizimle yaşıyor. Evin ikinci katında iki yatak odası var, biri iki oğlumuz için ve biri de babam için. Eşim ve ben birinci kattaki yatak odasında yatıyoruz. İki banyomuz var. İçinde bir ocak, bir fırın, lavabo ve buzdolabı olan büyük bir mutfağımız var. Mutfakta üzerinde yemek yediğimiz büyük bir masa var. Bir yemek odamız yok. Oturma odamızda bir kanepe, bir masa, iki sandalye ve küçük bir televizyon var. Akşam yemekten sonra, ben ve ailem televizyon izleriz. A. Aile nerede yaşıyor? B. Evde kaç kişi yaşıyor? C. Ev bir katlı mı yoksa iki katlı mı? D. Kaç yatak odası var? E. Birinci katta kaç yatak odası var? Orada kim uyuyor? F. Evde kaç banyo var? G. Yemeklerini nerede yerler? H. Aile akşam yemekten sonra ne yapar? 135

7 End-of-Lesson Tasks 1. Listen to the speaker and write down the terms that you hear. Check your work with the answer key You have a guest in your home. Give him/her answers, in Turkish, to the following questions. Banyo nerede? Mutfak nerede? Kaç yatak odan var? Telefon nerede? Televizyon izleyebilir miyim? Akşam yemeğini ne zaman yersiniz? Sabah saat kaçta kalkarsın? Saat kaçta işe gidersin? 136

8 Vocabulary List Basement Bathroom Bathtub Bed Bedroom Bookcase Chair Closet Table Dining room Door Dresser Floor Garage Kitchen Lamp Living room Microwave oven One-story Oven Radio Carpet Second floor Sink Sofa Stove Television Toaster Toilet Two-story Window Bodrum Banyo Banyo küveti Yatak Yatak odası Kitaplık Koltuk Dolap Masa Yemek odası Kapı Şifonyer Zemin/yer Garaj Mutfak Lamba Oturma odası Mikro dalga fırın Tek katlı Fırın Radyo Halı İkinci kat Lavabo Kanepe Ocak Televizyon Tost makinesi Tuvalet İki katlı Pencere 137

9 ANSWER KEY Exercise 2 1. E Bathroom Banyo 2. G Bedroom Yatak odası 3. I Dining room Yemek odası 4. H Door Kapı 5. J Floor Zemin 6. L Window Pencere 7. C Garage Garaj 8. D Living room Oturma odası 9. K Office Ofis 10. A Basement Bodrum katı 11. B Yard Avlu 12. F Kitchen Mutfak Exercise 3 1. Çatıda bir anten var. 2. Ofis ile banyo arasında bir yatak odası var. 3. Evin önünde bir avlu var. 4. Oturma odası ile yemek odası arasında bir mutfak var. 1. There is an antenna on the roof. 2. There is a bedroom between the office and the bathroom. 3. There is a yard in front of the house. 4. There is a kitchen between the living room and the dining room. Exercise 5 A 6 B 5 C 2 D 7 E 1 G 3 F 4 138

10 Exercise 10 My name is Hakan. I live with my wife and two children in İzmir. We have a small two-story house. My father lives with us. The house has two bedrooms on the second floor; one for our two sons and one for my father. My wife and I sleep in the bedroom on the first floor. We have two bathrooms. We have a large kitchen with a stove, oven, sink and refrigerator. In the kitchen there is a large table where we eat. We do not have a dining room. Our living room has a sofa, a table, two chairs, and a small television. In the evening after dinner, my family and I watch television. A. İzmir Where does the family live? B. beş How many people live in the house? C. iki katlı Is the house one story or two story? D. üç How many bedrooms are there? E. bir, karı koca How many bedrooms are on the first floor? Who sleeps there? F. iki How many bathrooms are there in the house? G. mutfakta Where do they eat their meals? H. televizyon izler What does the family do in the evening after dinner? End of Lesson Exercise 1 1. banyo 2. lamba 3. lavabo 4. yatak 5. pencere 6. radyo 7. birinci kat 8. çatı 139