Turkish and Japanese words and phrases which sound alike PART2 http://youtu.be/nlxhngag6xe Türkçe rōmaji Türkçe rōmaji Türkçe rōmaji a a b b c j ç ch d d e e f (f) g g ğ h h ı u i i j (j) k k l (r) m m n n o o ö (o) p p r (r) s s ş sh t t u (u) ü (yu) v (b) y y z z 1 Türkçe 日 本 語 English Kobe ye gitmişti. Kobe-e ikimashita.( 神 戸 へ 行 きました ) (Turkish) He or she had gone to Kobe. (Japanese) I (You, He, She, We, They, etc.) went to Kobe. NB The two sentences here are tricky. Actually Turkish and Japanese don t carry exactly the same meaning, because (1)Japanese verbs don t conjugate according to person. Moreover, it is quite common for Japanese to omit the subject. It is the context that determines who or what the subject is. Thus the subject of the Japanese sentence here is not limited to the third person. (2) Turkish -mişti and Japanese -mashita look alike but they are quite different in function. The former focuses on the tense (i.e. pluperfect ) while the latter on the speaker s attitude towards the listener (i.e. politeness). Ikimashita( 行 きました) implies that it is more polite than the corresponding plain form itta( 行 った). (3) Japanese doesn t share the same concept of tense with Turkish or many other languages. In fact, it is not based on tense but two aspects: perfective and imperfective aspects. Here, ikimashita implies the action of going was completed or has been completed. That is, the sentence is expressed in perfective aspect. Japanese doesn t distinguish the past tense from the perfect tense, much less the pluperfect. 1
2 Türkçe neden 日 本 語 nande (なぜ) English why 3 Türkçe Ali karınca 日 本 語 Ari (アリ) ari (アリ) English a male name ant 4 Türkçe amma masaj 日 本 語 shikashi (しかし) amma (あんま) English but massage 5 Türkçe Anadolu önemsememek 日 本 語 Anatoria (アナトリア) anadoru ( 侮 る) English Anatolia make little of, despise 6 Türkçe Ankara, kuğu ilk olarak an ezmesi yemek 日 本 語 Ankara(アンカラ),hakuchō( 白 鳥 ) an-kara kū ( 餡 から 食 う) English Ankara, swan to eat sweet bean paste first 7 Türkçe aşağı yukarı --- 日 本 語 oyoso (およそ) Asai Yukari ( 浅 井 ゆかり) English approximately a female name 8 Türkçe ay sevgi 日 本 語 tsuki( 月 ) ai ( 愛 ) English a female name love 9 Türkçe Aysu dondurma / sevmek 日 本 語 Aisu (アイス) aisu (アイス/ 愛 す) English a female name ice cream / to love 10 Türkçe bakan cinsel kışkırtıcı bir söz 日 本 語 kokumudaijin( 国 務 大 臣 ) bakan (ばかーん) English state secretary a sexually provocative word uttered by a female 2
11 Türkçe Bora dubar 日 本 語 Bora (ボラ) bora (ボラ) English a male name flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus) 12 Türkçe Eda ağaç dalı 日 本 語 Eda (エダ) eda ( 枝 ) English a female name branch 13 Türkçe Eray hayranlık uyandıran 日 本 語 Erai (エライ) erai ( 偉 い) English a male name great, admirable 14 Türkçe fırsat memleket 日 本 語 kikai ( 機 会 ) furusato (ふるさと) English opportunity hometown 15 Türkçe halel şişmek 日 本 語 kizu ( 傷 ) hareru ( 腫 れる) English injury to swell 16 Türkçe Hasan iflas 日 本 語 Hasan (ハサン) hasan ( 破 産 ) English a male name bankruptcy 17 Türkçe hırçın bir erkek veya erkek çocuk kendi cinsel organını açıkça sergileyen bir durum 日 本 語 fukigen-na ( 不 機 嫌 な) furuchin (ふるちん) English ill-tempered a condition where a man or a boy exhibits his own genitals 18 Türkçe iken fikir, düşünce 日 本 語 ~toki (~とき) iken ( 意 見 English when (conj.) opinion 3
19 Türkçe kaba su aygırı 日 本 語 burei-na ( 無 礼 な) kaba (カバ) English ill-mannered hippo 20 Türkçe manzara beklenilenden daha iyi 日 本 語 fūkei ( 風 景 ) manzara(まんざら) English landscape (used with a negative) better than expected not altogether bad 21 Türkçe Mine dağ başı 日 本 語 Mine (ミネ) mine ( 峰 ) English a female name mountain top 22 Türkçe nara -- 日 本 語 ōgoe ( 大 声 ) Nara ( 奈 良 ) English yell a city name 23 Türkçe nara yellenme 日 本 語 ōgoe ( 大 声 ) onara (おなら) English yell fart 24 Türkçe Okan annem (Osaka lehçesi) 日 本 語 Okan (オカン) okan (おかん) English a male name my mom in Osaka dialect 25 Türkçe rüya --- 日 本 語 yume ( 夢 ) Ryūya ( 竜 也 ) English dream a male name meaning dragon 26 Türkçe sarı maymun 日 本 語 kiiro ( 黄 色 ) saru (サル) English yellow monkey 4
27 Türkçe sözcük vaktinden önce 日 本 語 kotoba ( 言 葉 ) sōjuku ( 早 熟 ) English word premature 28 Türkçe yol gece 日 本 語 dōro ( 道 路 ) yoru ( 夜 ) English road night 29 Türkçe yüz bir tür narenciye 日 本 語 hyaku( 百 ) yuzu (ゆず) English one hundred a kind of fruit 30 Türkçe yüzbaşı,kamarot Japonya daki bir elektronik zincir mağazası 日 本 語 kyaputen(キャプテン) Yodobashi Kamera (ヨドバシカメラ) kyakuseki-jōmuin( 客 席 乗 務 員 ) English captain, ship steward an electronics retailer 5