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How to Say “I Love Turkish Food” in Turkish

The usual way to say “I love Turkish food” in Turkish is Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum. It is neutral: safe in almost any situation. Below are 3 alternatives (informal), how to reply, an example dialogue and the grammar behind it.

In Turkish

Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum

Literally
“Turkish dishes I love very much”
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Neutralsafe in almost any situation

How Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum is built

  1. Türk yemek-ler-i-niTurkish dishes (compound + plural + accusative)
  2. çokvery much
  3. seviyorumI love
Grammar guideTurkish Compound Nouns (İsim Tamlamaları): Definite, Indefinite and Material Compounds →Grammar guideTurkish Accusative Case (-i / -ı / -u / -ü): Definite Direct Objects Explained →Grammar guideTurkish Relative Clauses: Master -en (Who Does) and -dık (Whom I Did) →Conjugate the verbsevmek (to love, to like) →

Other ways to say “I love Turkish food”

  • Türk mutfağına bayılıyorumInformal

    “I adore Turkish cuisine”

    Bayılmak (to faint) = “to adore”, with the dative.

  • En sevdiğim yemek mantıNeutral

    “my favourite dish is mantı”

    Relative participle: “the dish I love most”.

  • Türk kahvaltısı harikaNeutral

    “Turkish breakfast is amazing”

    A safe compliment.

How to reply

  • Afiyet olsun! En çok neyi seviyorsun?

    Enjoy! What do you like most?

Example dialogue

  1. A

    Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum, özellikle mantıyı.

    I love Turkish food, especially mantı.

  2. B

    O zaman annemin mantısını yemelisin!

    Then you have to try my mum’s mantı!

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It’s deliciousÇok lezzetliNeutralDo you like Turkey?Türkiye'yi sevdin mi?NeutralI like itBeğendimNeutralBon appétitAfiyet olsunNeutral

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“I love Turkish food” in Turkish: FAQ

How do you say “I love Turkish food” in Turkish?

The most common way is Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum (literally “Turkish dishes I love very much”), which is neutral: safe in almost any situation. You will also hear Türk mutfağına bayılıyorum (“I adore Turkish cuisine”): bayılmak (to faint) = “to adore”, with the dative.

How do you reply to Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum?

Typical replies are Afiyet olsun! En çok neyi seviyorsun? (“Enjoy! What do you like most?”).

What does each part of Türk yemeklerini çok seviyorum mean?

Türk yemek-ler-i-ni = Turkish dishes (compound + plural + accusative); çok = very much; seviyorum = I love. Bayılmak literally means “to faint” but colloquially “to love”: bayıldım (I loved it).

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