Turkish Level 1, 2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion™
What do I get?
Communicate and connect with the world. Build a foundation of fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure. Develop the Turkish language skills to enjoy social interactions such as travel and shopping and learn to share your ideas and opinions in Turkish.
Inside the box, you'll find:
- Version 3 Personal Edition CD-ROM software for Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Windows/Mac)
- USB Headset with microphone
- User’s guide
- Audio Companion, a multiple-CD set to play or download to your MP3 player
Turkish Learning Tips
- In Turkish, most letters of the alphabet have only one corresponding sound, making learning to read relatively easy.
- In Turkish, there are three diacritics—marks added to letters that affect pronunciation and result in new letters.
umlaut ¨ breve ˘ cedilla ¸ - The Turkish language adds letters called a suffix to root words to modify the meaning of the word. For example, the word sokak (street) becomes sokakta (in the street).
- In Turkish, the same suffix is written differently depending on the final letters in the root word. For example, while sokak becomes sokakta, ev (house) becomes evde (in the house).
- In Turkish, there is no grammatical gender distinction, which means that words are not categorized as feminine or masculine.
- Polite speech is used between strangers or when addressing elders. Formality in Turkish takes the form of the plural ‘you.’
- Because Rosetta Stone teaches conversational language, you’ll find that the course doesn’t devote a lot of practice to using pronouns. In conversation, Turkish pronouns are usually only used for emphasis or to avoid ambiguity.
What will I learn?
This set will help you:
- Build your vocabulary and language abilities
- Spell and write accurately
- Speak without a script
- Retain what you’ve learned
- Read and understand your new language
- Share ideas and opinions, express feelings and talk about everyday life
Sample topics include:
- The basics, such as age and family relations
- Questions, greetings, introductions
- Times of day, calendar terms, the weather
- Directions, locations, telling time
- Present, past and future tense
- Apologies and polite requests
- How to order at a restaurant and give and receive directions
- Emotions, opinions and ideas
- Political, media, business and religious terms
System Requirements
Requirements for Rosetta Stone User Workstations
- Windows 2000 or later
- Mac OS 10.4 or later
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GHz or faster processor speed
- 600 MB free hard-drive space (per level)
- 16-bit sound card
- 800 x 600 display resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)
- Internet or phone connection required for product activation
- Speech recognition feature requires a USB headset microphone (included with purchase)
- 16X CD-ROM Drive (for installation)
Note for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ users:
Current Rosetta Stone products have been engineered to install and run on the Windows Vista operating system. Some 3rd party components used in Rosetta Stone products have not been certified by Microsoft as ‘Vista Compliant’. Accordingly, you may encounter some Vista-related operating issues. Rosetta Stone technical support may or may not be able to resolve these Vista-related issues. Rosetta Stone hereby disclaims any representations, warranties, guaranties and conditions with respect to the compatibility of the Rosetta Stone products with the Windows Vista operating systems.
User Reviews
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"I have purchased Rosetta Stone products for Turkish, Russian and Spanish, and I highly recommend it to everyone. To anyone who balks at the cost, think of how much it would cost to take a ..."
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"If you are going to try to learn Turkish, this is the single best investment you can make. It takes work, but achieves results. I have struggled to learn languages for years, this program has ..."
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