Turkmen phrasebook

Turkmen (Türkmençe / Түркменче / تۆرکمنچه using the Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic scripts) is a Turkic language spoken in Turkmenistan and northeastern Iran.

Pronunciation guide
Turkmen is primarily written using the Latin alphabet in Turkmenistan.

Vowels

 * A a: like father
 * Ä ä: like hair
 * E e: like bed
 * I i: like sick
 * O o: like toe
 * Ö ö: like bird
 * U u: like wood
 * Y y: like roses
 * Ü ü: pronounced as in German, make a sound like "ee", but round your lips like you are going to say "oo"

Consonants

 * B b: like boat
 * D d: like dog
 * J j: like jolt
 * Z z: like then
 * F f: like follow
 * G g: like ago
 * H h: like hallow
 * Ý ý: like yellow
 * K k: like court
 * L l: like late
 * M m: like mango
 * N n: like narrow
 * Ň ň: like singer
 * P p: like parrot
 * Q q: like quail
 * R r: like rail
 * Ş ş: like shoe
 * T t: like table
 * Ç ç: like chat
 * S s: like think
 * W w: like vile

Basics

 * Hello. : Salam. (sah-lam )
 * Hello. (informal) : . ( )
 * How are you? : Nähilisiň? (Nae-hee-lee-seeng?)
 * Fine, thank you. : . (yaxshi, sagh bol)
 * What is your name? : Adyň näme? (Ah-duhng-nae-meh?)
 * My name is ______ . : Meniň adym  ______ . (Meh-ning-ah-duhm _____ .)
 * Nice to meet you. : Tanşanyma örän şat . ( tanshanyma őrän shat)
 * Please. : Baş. (ba-sh )
 * Thank you. : Sag boluň. (sahg-bol-ung )
 * You're welcome. : . ( )
 * Yes. :Hawa . (Ho-wa )
 * No. :Yok . (*deep o as in Egg yolk )
 * Excuse me. Bagyşlaň (getting attention) : . ( )
 * Excuse me. (begging pardon) : . ( )
 * I'm sorry. : . ( )
 * Goodbye :Sag boluň. (sahg-bohl-ung )
 * Goodbye Görüşýänçäk (informal) :  . ( )
 * I don't speak Turkmen. :Men türkmençe geplemeýärin (men-toork-men-che-gap-ley-mayah-rin)
 * Do you speak English? :Siz iňlisçe gepleýärsiňizmi? ? (siz-ing-lis-che-gap-ley-ahr-ing-izmi ?)
 * Is there someone here who speaks English? :Bärde iñlisçe gürläp bilýän kimdir biri barmy? ( ?)
 * Help! :kömek ediň! ( !)
 * Look out! : ! ( !)
 * Good morning. :ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun. (er-ti-ring-iz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun)
 * Good evening. :agşamyňyz haýyrly bolsun. (ahg-sham-uhng-uhz-hay-uhr-luh-bol-sun )
 * Good night. :gijäňiz rahat bolsun. (gee-jahng-iz-rah-hat-bol-sun )
 * Good night (to sleep) : . ( )
 * I don't understand. : Men Düshümedim . (men-du-shu-me-dim' )
 * Where is the toilet? : ? ( ?)
 * Where are you from?: Siz nireli :& :siz nireden

Numbers

 * 0 : nol (nohl)
 * 1 : bir (beer)
 * 2 : iki (ee-kee)
 * 3 : üç (uech)
 * 4 : dört (doert)
 * 5 : baş (bash)
 * 6 : alty (ahl-tuh)
 * 7 : ýedi (yeh-dee)
 * 8 : sekiz (theh-kidh)
 * 9 : dokuz (doh-kudh)
 * 10 : on (on)
 * 11 : on bir (on-beer)
 * 12 : on iki (on-ee-kee)
 * 13 : on üç (on-uech)
 * 14 : on dört (on-doert)
 * 15 : on baş (on-bash)
 * 16 : on alty (on-ahl-tuh)
 * 17 : on ýedi (on-yeh-dee)
 * 18 : on sekiz (on-theh-kidh)
 * 19 : on dokuz (on-doh-kudh)
 * 20 : ýigrimi (yee-gree-mee)
 * 21 : ýigrimi bir (yee-gree-mee-beer)
 * 22 : ýigrimi iki (yee-gree-mee-ee-kee)
 * 23 : ýigrimi üç (yee-gree-mee-uech)
 * 30 : otuz (oh-toodh)
 * 40 : kyrk (kuhrk)
 * 50 : elli (elli)
 * 60 : altmyş (ahlt-muhsh)
 * 70 : ýetmiş (yet-mish)
 * 80 : segsen (theg-then)
 * 90 : dogsan (dok-than)
 * 100 : ýüz (yuedh)
 * 101 : ýüz bir (yuedh-beer)
 * 200 : iki ýüz (ee-kee-yuedh)
 * 300 : üç ýüz (uech-yuedh)
 * 400 : dört ýüz(doert-yuedh)
 * 500 : baş ýüz(bash-yuedh)
 * 600 : alty ýüz (ahl-tuh-yuedh)
 * 700 : ýedi ýüz (yeh-dee-yuedh)
 * 800 : sekiz ýüz (theh-kidh-yuedh)
 * 900 : dokuz ýüz (doh-kudh-yuedh)
 * 1000 : müň (mueng)
 * 2000 : iki müň (ee-kee-mueng)
 * 1,000,000 : bir million (beer-milyon)
 * 1,000,000,000 : bir milyar (beer-milyar)

Duration

 * Monday : Duşenbe
 * Tuesday : Sişenbe
 * Wednesday : Çarşenbe
 * Thursday : Penşenbe
 * Friday : Anna
 * Saturday : Şenbe
 * Sunday : Ýekşenbe

Months

 * January :Ýanwar (yan-var)
 * February :Fewral (fev-ral)
 * March :Mart (mah-rt)
 * April :Aprel (ah-preel)
 * May :Maý (mai)
 * June :Iýun (ee-yoon)
 * July :Iýul (ee-yool)
 * August :Awgust (av-goost)
 * September :Sentýabr (sent-yah-br)
 * October :Oktýabr (ohkt-yah-br)
 * November :Noýabr (noh-yah-br)
 * December :Dekabr (deh-kah-br)

Colors

 * black : gara (gah-rah)
 * blue : gök (go-yuk)
 * brown : goňur (gong-oor)
 * gray : çal (chal)
 * green : ýaşyl (yah-shul)
 * orange : narynç (nah-ruhn-ch)
 * pink : gülgün (gool-goon)
 * purple : benewşe (beh-neh-she)
 * red : gyzyl (guh-zuhl)
 * white: ak (ahk)
 * yellow : sary (sah-ruh)