Turkish Quiz

Posted on March 07, 2008 by Steve

Here's another item stolen from Games magazine, April 1998 issue. Match the Turkish words on the left with their English equivalents on the right.

1.akvaryuma.automobile
2.dosyab.cello
3.elektriklic.censorship
4.fantaziyed.circus
5.isterie.college
6.istimbotf.display
7.jiletg.doormat
8.kebabh.file
9.kismetlii.fishtank
10.kolejj.giraffe
11.lâstiklik.hysteria
12.mankenl.imperial
13.müskirm.intoxicating
14.otocarn.live wire
15.paspaso.lucky
16.perilip.movie
17.pikapq.plainclothesman
18.purdelir.record player
19.sansürs.roast
20.sinema filimit.rubber
21.sirku.safety razor
22.sivilv.scarecrow
23.sultaniw.sinister
24.viyolonselx.steamboat
25.zürafay.veiled

On the subject of Turkish vocabulary, I found the list of Basic English words I had intended to learn back in August. My proficiency was still around 50% or less, but I got a few more translations and memorized one or two. Seems technique is of little importance compared to actually putting in some effort regularly.
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Comments

Posted by RWH | May 20, 2008 | 11:30:32

A lot of guesswork, but I reckon I got at least 18-20 right:

1 - 5: i, h, n, m, k
6 - 10: x, u, s, o, e
11 - 15: t, v, r, a, g
16 - 20: w, f, y, c, p
21 - 25: d, q, l, b, j
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Posted by Steve | May 20, 2008 | 12:44:13

Uhh ... good work. I've no idea how you did. Here are my guesses, now let me go find a competent translator.

1-5: i, h, n, m, k
6-10: x, u, s, o, e
11-15: t, v, w, a, g
16-20: y, r, f, c, p
21-25: d, q, l, b, j
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Posted by RWH | May 21, 2008 | 16:15:08

I must say, I'm kind of curious as to my results.
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Posted by Steve | July 15, 2008 | 08:27:19

You've waited long enough. The correct answers are
1 - 5: i h n f k
6 - 10: x u s o e
11 - 15: t v m a g
16 - 20: w r y c p
21 - 25: d q l b j

Here are the ones that were missed:

4. "fantaziye" = "display" (RWH and Steve: "intoxicating")
13. "müskir" = "intoxicating" (RWH: "record player"; Steve: "sinister")
16. "perili" (cf. "peril") = "sinister" (Steve: "veiled")
17. "pikap" (cf. "pick-up") = "record player" (RWH: "veiled")
18. "purdeli" = "veiled" (Steve: "display")
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