Turkish/Pronunciation and Alphabet/S-Z

Now that you've learnt everything up to and including r, let's learn the rest of the alphabet:

S
Or se. Pronounced like the s in see.

For example:
 * soğan - onion
 * salam - salami (a Turkish delicacy)
 * sel - flood, bruh

Ş
Or şe. Pronounced like the sh in shout.

For example:
 * şey - thing
 * şarap - wine
 * şişe - bottle

T
Or te. Pronounce like the t in tea.

For example:
 * tabak - plate
 * tavsiye - recommendation
 * televizyon - television

U
Pronounced like the ou in the French word boum.

For example:
 * uçak - plane
 * ucuz - cheap
 * ufak - small

Ü
Pronounced just like the German ü, or the u in the French expression, "j'ai perdu".

For example: It is pronounced the same as the "u" in pure.
 * ürün - product
 * üç - three
 * üzüm - grape

V
Pronounced like the v in vase.

For example:
 * Vikikitap - Wikibooks (Ws are transliterated as Vs in Turkish, therefore Wiki would be transliterated as Viki, and the word kitap means book)
 * vazo - vase
 * Venedik - Venice

Y
Where's the w and x? Turkish also doesn't have these letters. Y is pronounced like the y in in you.

For example:
 * yarın - tomorrow
 * yarım - half
 * yukarı - above

Z
The final letter of the Turkish alphabet. Pronounced like the z in zoo.

For example:
 * zeytin - olive
 * zil - bell
 * zehir - poison

So, you've managed to learn the alphabet! Well done! Before you move on to the real lessons, though, please take a look at a useful grammatical note by clicking "next" below.