Leigh in Azerbaijan

For Azeri learners, what’s your best phrases that have made communicating that much easier?
Mine this last week was:  verb root + a/ə/ya/yə + bilər__. e.g. götüra bilərəm - Can İ take____?
Mən ala bilərəm? - Can I buy?
Danışa bilərəm? - Can I talk?
Verə bilərəm? - Can İ give?
Mən gələ bilərəm. - I can come.
I’m wondering about [...]

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Here’s some of the conjugated verbs in sentences that I’ve been working on today.
Azerbaycanca öyrənirəm.  I’m learning Azeri.
Başa düşürsünüz?                Do you understand?
Lankarana gedirsən?        When are you going to Lankaran?
Məktəbdə işləyirəm.        I work at school.
Mənə maşın lazımdır.     I need a car.
Maşını istəyirəm.          I want the car.
Bir maşın istəyirəm.      I want a car.
Nə vaxt gəlirsən?        When are [...]

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I’m disappointed in myself that I’ve not had much success with getting beyond food words in learning Azeri. I’ve returned to reading articles about the language learning method called Total Physical Response (TPR). I’ve suggested that Sally’s friend, Abbas, who has volunteered to help us learn Azeri, might use this method. It [...]

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Had another Azeri lesson this afternoon. This next week is a mountain to climb, in terms of learning conjugations. The conjugated verbs go onto the end of the noun, potentially making quite long words, but so far this is part of what I’m learning. The extra thing is that there’s various endings that [...]

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