Common English mistakes Turkish speakers make, and how to fix them
If your first language is Turkish, your English mistakes follow Turkish grammar and sounds — one pronoun for he, she and it, no articles, no plural after numbers, and no /w/ or "th" sounds. They're transfer, not carelessness, and each one has a clear fix.
The big ones. 1) He/she/it mixed ("o" covers all three): "My mother… he" → "she". Slow down for a week and it sticks. 2) Missing articles: "I am teacher" → "a teacher"; "I saw film" → "a film". 3) No plural after numbers ("üç kitap"): "three book" → "three books". 4) Questions without inversion (the "mi" particle has no English twin): "You are coming?" → "Are you coming?". 5) "Open/close the light" (aç/kapat) → "turn on/off". 6) "Since" for "for": "I live here since three years" → "I've lived here for three years". 7) Dropped "is/are" (Turkish puts the copula in a suffix): "He very tired" → "He's very tired". 8) "Explain me", "I'm agree" → "explain to me", "I agree". 9) Sounds: /w/ as /v/ ("vater" for "water", "vould"), "th" as /t/ or /d/ ("tink", "dis"), a helping vowel inside clusters ("sıtres" for "stress", "isport"), and "ng" said as n+g. 10) Vowels: "bat/bet", "ship/sheep" — English vowel differences carry meaning, so make them distinct.
A list won't fix these; making them out loud and being corrected in the moment will. Airi is built for that: she hears the pattern, fixes the one mistake that matters in her reply, and keeps the conversation going. Speak with her daily and these stop being habits within a few weeks. Free to start, no card.
A quick example with Airi
How to get the most from it
She, he, it — choose before you speak
'O' has three English words. Pick the right one.
Numbers take plurals
Three books, five people, ten minutes.
Round your lips for /w/
Water, would, week — no teeth on the lip.
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