Turkish · 21 phrases
Frustration
Traffic, bureaucracy, the car that won't start. From the clean "bıktım artık" (I've had it) up through the scatological "sıçtık" (we're screwed) to the calibration-trap "amına koyayım." Turkish vents collectively — half these are "we," not "I" — which somehow makes disaster feel companionable.
Akşamdan kalma ahk-shahm-DAHN kahl-MAH Hungover Ayıp! ah-YUHP Shame on you! / That's not on! Bıktım artık! buhk-TUHM ar-TUHK I'm fed up / I've had it up to here Deli oluyorum! deh-LEE oh-loo-YOH-room I'm losing my mind / this is driving me crazy 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! Of ya! OFF YAH Ugh! / For crying out loud! Rezalet! reh-zah-LET What a disgrace / this is a shambles Sinir oldum! see-NEER ol-DOOM That pissed me off / I'm irritated Tüh! TEW Darn! / Shoot! / Dang it! Ya YAH Come on / seriously / ugh — a softener-slash-intensifier tacked on for feeling Yandık! yahn-DUHK We're toast / now we've had it Allah belanı versin! ah-LAH beh-lah-NUH ver-SEEN Damn you / God curse you Boku yedik! boh-KOO yeh-DEEK Now we're really in it / we've screwed up big Gözün kör olsun! gur-ZEWN KUR ol-SOON Damn your eyes / serves you right Hassiktir! hah-sik-TEER Holy shit! / Oh fuck! Sıçtık! suhch-TUHK We're screwed / well, that's ruined Amına koyayım! ah-muh-NAH koy-AH-yuhm Fucking hell / goddammit / fuck this Siktir git! sik-TEER GEET Fuck off / piss off