Turkish · 19 phrases
Exclamations
Dropped-your-phone noises and jaw-drops. "Allah Allah" (baffled, and not blasphemous), "oha" (whoa), "eyvah" (oh no), the coarse-but-harmless "hassiktir." The reflexes that escape you before you choose them — learn the clean ones so the clean ones are what escape.
Allah Allah! ah-LAH ah-LAH What on earth?! / How strange! / What the—?! Aman! ah-MAHN Oh come on / whatever / good grief Be BEH Man / geez — punchy emphasis, friendlier and older-school than 'lan' Eyvah! AY-vah Oh no! / Uh-oh! Hapı yuttuk! hah-PUH yoot-TOOK We're done for / we've had it Hay Allah! HY ah-LAH Oops / oh dear / for heaven's sake Kahretsin! kah-ret-SEEN Damn it! / Dammit! Rezalet! reh-zah-LET What a disgrace / this is a shambles Tüh! TEW Darn! / Shoot! / Dang it! Vay be! VY BEH Wow / damn / would you look at that Yandık! yahn-DUHK We're toast / now we've had it Yapma ya! yahp-MAH YAH No way! / Come on! / Get outta here! / Stop it! Yarabbi! yah-RAH-bee Oh my God! / Good Lord! Hadi be! hah-DEE BEH Get outta here! / No way! / Yeah right! Oha! oh-HAH Whoa! / Holy crap! / OMG! Vay anasını! VY ah-nah-suh-NUH Holy cow! / Well I'll be damned! Yuh! YOO(h) Boooo! / For shame! / Come ON! Hassiktir! hah-sik-TEER Holy shit! / Oh fuck! Sıçtık! suhch-TUHK We're screwed / well, that's ruined