Turkish Conversation 101: FORMAL & INFORMAL WAYS to say thank you in Turkish

Learning Turkish includes learning all the basics found in the Turkish language in addition to all the other things that you should learn. And because polite manners are always important, that's why in this blog post let's learn all the ways to thank someone in Turkish and how can we reply when someone tell us thank you in Turkish.

If you want to know how these Turkish sentences and words are pronounced, you can watch the video at the end of this post.

FORMAL & INFORMAL WAYS to say thank you in Turkish 

Informal ways of thanking someone in Turkish

1- Sağ ol (be alive) / Çok Sağ ol

These are the first ways of thanking someone in Turkish. Sağ ol literary means be alive, keep in mind that çok mean very.

An example is this Turkish Conversation:

Şu defteri verebilir misin? .....can you give me that copybook?

Tabi........................................of course

Sağ ol / Çok sağ ol.................thank you

2- Harikasın

Which is a way to thank someone in Turkish and it means you are awesone.

3- Eline Sağlık

Which literary means health to your hands, this phrase is used to thank someone after they have prepared a meal for you.

4- Eyvallah

This word is used among men where we don't hear a woman saying this word. Eyvallah is used in two situations, goodbye and thank you.

5- Çok teşekkürler

Thank you very much, and it can be used in both formal and informal situations.

Formal ways of thanking someone in Turkish

1- Elinize Sağlık

This is the formal way of the phrase "Eline Sağlık" and also used to thank someone after they have prepared a meal for you.

2- Teşekkür ederim and Teşekkürler both have the same meaning in Turkish which is thank you.

3- Çok Naziksiniz is another way to thank someone and it means you are very nice.

4- Sağolun is the formal way of the informal word I have mentioned above "Sağ ol".

How to say you are welcome in Turkish

1- Ne demek: used in the meaning of "it is nothing".

2- Bir şey değil: gives the same meaning as "ne demek", which is like you didn't do much and no need to thank you.

3- Rica ederim means welcome.

If you would like to hear more explanations and how these phrases are pronounced then watch the below video.

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