379: We have become very close friends

Subtitles:

Murat benim çok yakın arkadaşım oldu. = Murat have become my very close friend. Yani biz bir projede beraber çalıştık ve çok yakın arkadaş olduk. = I mean we worked together in a project and have become very close friends.

Vocabulary:

benim [= my; mine] çok [= very] yakın [= close] arkadaş [= friend] arkadaşım [= my friend] oldu [= became] past simple from “olmak” [= to be; to become] yani [= that is to say; I mean] biz [= we] bir [= a/an; one] proje [= project] projede [= in a project] beraber [= together] çalıştık [= we worked] past simple from “çalışmak” [= to work] ve [= and] olduk [= we became] past simple from “olmak” [= to be; to become]

  

Extra Phrases:

I’ll be back soon. I’ll return shortly. = Yakında döneceğim. Christmas is coming. Christmas is soon. = Noel yakında. So I was right. = Yani haklıydım. Big deal! = N'olacak yani! We’re moving in together. = Beraber taşınıyoruz.

Video is from the wedding of the Turkish Actor Murat Yıldırım and İmane Elbani 

262: I am a friendly person

Bazı insanlar buna inanmıyorlar, çünkü tabii ki açık bir insanım.
= Some people don't believe it, because of course I am a friendly person.

Actress MERYEM UZERLİ 

Language Tip:

1. "Bazı insanlar" can also be expressed by the word:

 "bazıları" [=some people].

2. The basic meaning of the adjective "açık" is [=open]. Meryem here uses the word in the sense of "friendly or social".

*inanmıyorlar [from inanmak= to believe]

261: I love being alone

Yalnız olmayı çok seviyorum, yani kalabalığı çok sevmiyorum.
= I love being alone, I mean I don't enjoy crowds a lot.

Actress MERYEM UZERLİ 

*yalnız olmayı [from yalnız olmak= to be/stay alone; to be lonely]

*seviyorum [=I like] / sevmiyorum [=I don't like]
 [from sevmek= to like; to love; to enjoy]

260: We grew up in the same house

Aynı evde büyüdük.
= We grew up in the same house.

Actress MERYEM UZERLİ 

*büyüdük [from büyümek= to grow up]

This verb "büyümek" is easy to remember if you knew that the adjective for "big" in Turkish is "büyük".

259: Like a mixture

Benim ablam ve ben yarım Türk, yarım Alman. Böyle bir mix oldu.

= My sister and I are half-Turkish, half-German. So it was like a mixture.  

Actress MERYEM UZERLİ 

236: I am married

Ben evliyim. Burada bir hayatım var.
= I am married. I have a life here. 

Video is from the Turkish Series "Gecenin Kraliçesi" 
English Title: "Queen of the Night"

97: I don't know how to ride

Şey....Ben binemem
= Um..I can't ride (a bike).

Neden? 
= Why?

Sürmeyi bilmiyorum çünkü! 
= I  don't know how to ride, that is why.

*Binemem [from Binmek = to ride; to get on (a bike "bisiklete", a bus "otobüs", a horse "at").

*Çünkü= because

Language Tip: 
The word "Şey" is a filler, spoken in conversation to signal to others that he/she has paused to think but has not yet finished speaking. It is like using "um", "em", or "uh" in English. 

The main meaning of "Şey" is "thing". Şey is one of the most frequently used discourse particles in Turkish language. "Şey" can be placed in various positions in the sentence. It is found in initial, medial and final positions. 

Video is from the Turkish Series "İlişki Durumu: Karışık" 
English Title: "Relationship Status: It's Complicated" 

55: I am a foreigner

Ben yabancıyım. 
= I am a foreigner.