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How to Say “Nice to Meet You” in Turkish

The usual way to say “Nice to meet you” in Turkish is Memnun oldum. It is neutral: safe in almost any situation. Below are 3 alternatives (formal), how to reply, an example dialogue and the grammar behind it.

In Turkish

Memnun oldum

Literally
“I became pleased”
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Neutralsafe in almost any situation

How Memnun oldum is built

  1. memnunpleased, glad
  2. ol-become, be
  3. -du-past tense
  4. -mI
Grammar guideTurkish Past Simple Tense (-di / -dı / -du / -dü): Definite Past Explained →Grammar guideTurkish Noun Clauses with -dik and -ecek: Saying 'That…' in Turkish →Conjugate the verbolmak (to be, to become) →Conjugate the verbtanışmak (to meet, to get acquainted) →

Other ways to say “Nice to meet you”

  • Tanıştığımıza memnun oldumFormal

    “I’m pleased that we met”

    Full, formal version.

  • Tanıştığıma memnun oldumNeutral

    “I’m pleased to have met you”

    Also very common.

  • Çok memnun oldumNeutral

    “very nice to meet you”

    Slightly warmer.

How to reply

  • Ben de memnun oldum.

    Nice to meet you too.

  • Ben de.

    Me too.

Example dialogue

  1. A

    Bu Selin, iş arkadaşım.

    This is Selin, my colleague.

  2. B

    Merhaba Selin, memnun oldum.

    Hi Selin, nice to meet you.

  3. A

    Ben de memnun oldum.

    Nice to meet you too.

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“Nice to meet you” in Turkish: FAQ

How do you say “Nice to meet you” in Turkish?

The most common way is Memnun oldum (literally “I became pleased”), which is neutral: safe in almost any situation. You will also hear Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum (“I’m pleased that we met”): full, formal version.

How do you reply to Memnun oldum?

Typical replies are Ben de memnun oldum. (“Nice to meet you too.”) and Ben de. (“Me too.”).

What does each part of Memnun oldum mean?

memnun = pleased, glad; ol- = become, be; -du- = past tense; -m = I. Turkish uses the past tense here: memnun oldum literally means “I became pleased”.

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