How To Say 'How Are You?' In Turkish & Common Responses

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In this post, you will learn how to say ‘how are you?’ in Turkish. You’ll also learn common responses so you can respond if you’re asked this question. This can be really useful if you’re speaking with someone from Turkey or if you’re travelling there.

Turkish is the most widely spoken Turkic language. It is the national language of Turkey and has approximately 70 – 80 million speakers worldwide.

Outside of Turkey, there are many smaller but significant groups of Turkish speakers in countries including Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Cyprus and Greece.

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  • How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Turkish
  • How To Respond To ‘How Are You?’ In Turkish
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How To Say ‘How Are You?’ In Turkish

There are a few different ways to ask ‘how are you?’.

This is one of the most common ways to ask ‘how are you?’ and can be used in most situations:

How are you?Nasilsin?

In more casual situations, such as with friends, you can say:

How are you?/What’s up?Naber?

If you want to be more polite, then you can say:

How are you?Nasilsiniz?

Check out the below video to hear the pronunciation of these phrases:

How To Respond To ‘How Are You?’ In Turkish

There are many different ways that you can reply to this question. Below are the most common responses to this question. I’ve also included how to say ‘thank you’ as it’s polite to thank someone if they ask how you are.

Pronunciation note: the letter ‘ş’ is pronounced ‘sh’. The letter ‘ğ’ is a silent letter so is not pronounced e.g. the word ‘değil’ below is pronounced ‘deh-eel’.

Thank youTeşekkür ederim
I’m fineBen iyiyim
Fine Iyiyim
I’m tiredUykum var
I’m not badFena değilim
Not very wellÇok iyi değil
I’m feeling bad/I’m feeling sickKötü hissediyorum
I’m okayIdare ediyorum
I’m happyMutluyum

It’s also useful to know how to say ‘and you?’ or ‘what about you?’ to find out how someone else is if they ask you.

And you?Ya sen?

Check out the below video to hear the pronunciation of these phrases by a native speaker:

Example Conversation:

Person 1: Nasilsin? (How are you?)

Person 2: Ben iyiyim, teşekkür ederim. Ya sen? (I’m fine, thanks. And you?)

Person 1: Iyiyim (I’m fine).

Thanks for reading this post.

You should now know how to say ‘how are you?’ in Turkish and you should also be able to respond if you’re asked!

You can’t go wrong with these simple phrases.

Why not also learn the names of the different countries in Turkish too! This vocabulary can be very useful.

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