I'm trying to find out about the kind of greetings people use in Turkey. I've been told 'Iyi gunler' means 'Good day' and 'Hayirli Isler' means 'Have a good time at work'. Is that right? Would you use them? And what does 'Kolay gelsin' mean?
2007-03-01 07:40:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Turkey
It literally means "may it come easy." It is said when you see someone working.
2007-03-01 18:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by YabanciKiz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kolay gelsin is used when some starts working on something or when someone is leaving for work. You could also say that to someone that is already working and you are going to ask something or talk to the guy, just to be polite u can say "kolay gelsin". you will mostly hear a reply such as "eyvallah" or "saol" which means thankyou...
For other greetings in turkey... Merhabalar (hellos),
Iyi Gunler (Good Day)
Hayirli Isler (Wishing Profitable Business)
2007-03-01 08:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by free_spark 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As many of the other people are saying... 'Kolay Gelsin' means "may it come easy"
But I guess in English it would be better to properly translate it as "Take it easy" or "Try not work to yourself to hard".
And for greetings. Deffinatly "İyi günler" and/or "Hayırlı işler" are something we would use...personally I use "selamün aleykum" but that is more on the religious side (meaning: Peace be upon you).
'Hello' would just simply be "Merhaba" but simply an average person would say....
"Selam" is a nice thing to say.
And alot of the time you may here "Hoş Geldiniz" (welcome)which the response should simply be "Hoş Bulduk" (translated in english isn't quite the same; it is "We found it well")
So good luck and have fun!
2007-03-04 23:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by cilgin_can 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats right.
While you working if some one tells you ''kolay gelsin'' means ; I hope you finish that work easily.
I think you are learning Turkish. So , Kolay Gelsin :)
2007-03-01 18:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by hanibal 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It literally means "May it be easy (for you)", 'it' being whatever you're working on at that moment. It's a kind of saying you use when the other party is working on something and you want to sound sympathetic to them :D
And you're right. İyi günler means Good day, and Hayırlı işler means have a good time at work. Sure, I would use them. Everybody does :)
2007-03-01 07:54:10 · answer #5 · answered by Earthling 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If someone told me "Exhausted just got done work"
what is my response in English
is there something like "kolay gelsin" but in english?
2015-05-06 10:35:11 · answer #6 · answered by Aymen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be easy for you...
2007-03-01 22:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by Leonarda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋