Vocabulary building 02

I've been using Rosetta Stone to build my Turkish vocabulary. I've decided to reinforce some of those words here. This effort echoes a January post but with pictures this time.

	Dog: Köpek
	Puppy: Köpek yavrusu
	Woman (Salma Hayek; aka hubba hubba!): Kadın (aka çok güzel!)
	Man (Gary Cooper): Adam
	Cat: Kedi
	Kitten: Kedi yavrusu
	Bathroom: Tuvalet
	Bathroom countertop and toiletries: tuvalet masası ve tuvalet malzemeleri
	Baskets (on top of my cabinets to maximize the use of space and give it a uniform appearance): Sepetler (Sepet = basket; -ler is the Turkish version of -s in English; -ler instead of -lar here to conform to the vowel harmony rule
	Electric light and fan combination (part of my recent kitchen renovations): Elektrik lâmbası ve vantilatör terkip

Office Vocabulary

Several days behind, I'm going to take steps to get caught up.

The first is just to list some words I've picked up at the office. A method I experimented with produced some success. That is, I used sticky notepads to write down the Turkish words of things in my office cubicle and then stick that note onto the object. My idea was to simulate immersion—i.e., simulate being surrounded by a new language.

One of the first words I learned this way was bilgisayar or computer. Seeing that little sticky note every stuck to my computer made it easy to have that word sink into my subconscious.

Using this method, I've learned the following words so far:

• kâğıt (paper)
• şiir (poem, specifically, this one)
• kordon (cord)
• şehir (city [a 1940s picture of the NYC skyline])
• ataş (paperclip)
• fincan (coffee cup)
• bardak (plastic or paper cup)
• duvar (wall)
• masa (table)
• masaüstü (table top)

This is a handy method though not a be-all-end-all, of course. It's just a good supplement to other efforts.