multilingual vlog | a week exploring Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

Turkish breakfast, Brazilian internet friends, German and Spanish language exchanges, a soccer match, museums, towers, lots of rides on the metro and Marmaray... what didn't I do? 😭 Whatever I left out, let me know for next time!
have you ever been to Istanbul? did you love it? if not, you're CRAZY
00:00 i'm in Istanbul!
01:28 baby's first Turkish breakfast
03:56 TRYING to eat an olive.
04:18 the Museum of Turkish Jews!
06:42 the best thing about being Jewish is..
07:13 climbing Galata tower!
08:21 ending the day at a café
09:08 heading to my meetup!
10:04 multilingual QUEENS
11:47 Zaza people in Turkey
12:31 Turks trying Dr. Pepper (and hating it)
13:20 going to a SOCCER GAME!
16:20 culture shocks at a Turkish bar
16:42 my first-ever LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
17:34 speaking German with Mahsun
18:15 speaking Spanish with Yuri & Emir
18:54 karaoke in French at 1AM
19:24 a day by myself.
20:14 vegan banana bread is superior
21:39 going to trivia in Turkish & English!
24:02 goodbye, Twister Island.
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💌 about me: my name is Elysse, I'm 22 years old from the southern U.S. I've been learning languages for about 8 years, and I speak English (native), Spanish (C2), German (B2/C1), Portuguese (B2), French (B1/B2), American Sign Language (advanced), and Turkish (A1). I'm interested in learning Hebrew, Chinese, Georgian, and maybe Náhuatl as well :)
#speakturkish #polyglot #türkiye

[@pedronunes3457]

I'm a German student and i want to thank you for the help that your videos are giving me, i love your content

[@elyssespeaks]

hell yeah! good luck 🍀

[@ahmetmuazkomur5830]

There is a nice small book with lots of photos called "Yahudi'lerin İstanbulu" (Istanbul of the Jews/Jews' Istanbul) I dont know if you can find and order it but i think you'd like it, it would improve your Turkish too. The vlog was chatoic in the best way, felt very genuine and calm as if i was hanging out with a friend.

[@elyssespeaks]

thank you for the recommendation!! and for the kind words

[@grane1850]

omg your turkish accent is really good and easy to understand! Happy to see you enjoyed your stay

[@elyssespeaks]

thank you so much :D i'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@melaniegrace7707]

Olives are a food that makes a good component in larger dishes. You might like it more if you put small pieces of it on bread with a dip and then maybe you’ll enjoy the flavor combination. Either way I applaud you for your willingness to retry something you didn’t like as a child. It frustrates me when people refuse to try things as adults because our tastes often change so much in that time and people really miss out on many experiences they may enjoy because of their reservations.

[@elyssespeaks]

for sure, i love to try new things :P i kind of knew that i wouldn’t like it, but i’ll try it a different way! thanks for the tip ~

[@olgaleitora]

Lendo os comentários senti falta e de um 🇧🇷 aqui kkkkkkkk Mas sou brasileira e acho maravilhoso te ver falando português e vc fala muito bem inclusive, parabéns !!!

[@elyssespeaks]

Obrigadaaaa!!! 🥹

[@isaiascaetano5888]

achou um hahaha

[@EduardodaVinha]

Achou outro kkkk

[@sametaltinpinar]

do you know turkish people should drink coffe instead of tea in breakfast? because literally kahve means coffee and kahvaltı means breakfast. the word kahvaltı forms like this: kahvaltı = kahve + altı. like the word kahvaltı LITERALLLY means a meal that you have with coffee.

[@elyssespeaks]

Yeah i’ve noticed that! 😹 it’s the same in Brazilian Portuguese, “café da manhã” means breakfast. But they do actually drink coffee at breakfast hahaha

[@burakcan4330]

@@elyssespeaks actually samet is wrong. kahve-altı word meaning says that something you eat before coffee not 'with'. samet are you refugees? lol. before the coffee or directly translation is under the coffee. Turks drink tea with breakfast and then finish it, they drink Turkish coffee.

[@dozaltay]

@@burakcan4330 lan adama niye mülteci dedin amk laf arası :D

[@neotheone04]

Chaotically amazing vlog! Don't know I missed it considering I loved the earlier Turkey vlog. As a college freshman (who is also studying Communications!) your channel is super inspiring and energizing to watch! I hope I get to travel just as freely when I can in the future, love your vids :)

[@harshitkumar9672]

Elysse, I have a request. Could you PLEASE make a video on Shadowing and how you did it for German? It would be awesome if you could show it too. I LOVE your channel so much. ❤

[@elyssespeaks]

that’s an idea!! i’ll put it on my list :)

[@harshitkumar9672]

@@elyssespeaks thank you so much😊

[@victorbehar804]

Yep, 3 of my 4 grandparents from Istanbul, Sephardim! We rock :)

[@elyssespeaks]

awesome!!! 💜✡️

[@sonfecidicle]

As a native Turkish speaker, i really like your accent!

[@elyssespeaks]

Wow, thank you! ~

[@sonfecidicle]

@@elyssespeaks rica ederim!

[@tywintr]

+1

[@why9886]

The video is amazing, the venues are amazing, the stadium is amazing, the audience is amazing, the friends who appeared in the video are wonderful, and you are amazing. Thank you for this delightful video ❤ .

[@elyssespeaks]

It was an amazing experience!! i’m glad it came across that way 🥹 thanks so much for watching

[@marjiqueen8877]

I love your traveling vlogs, makes me happy for no reason

[@elyssespeaks]

i love that u love them! :D

[@jennafloww]

I love watching your vlogs like this and seeing you not only living your best life, but also using the languages you’ve worked so hard to learn. Keep up the amazing work!❤

[@CouchPolyglot]

when I saw your bed, I was like "I am also messy", is this a polyglot thing? 😅 The selfie at the museum was cool 😎

[@elyssespeaks]

HAHA that’s just travelers chaos i think

[@clauga247]

Fun fact from the moment in 18:49, in Spain (or at least in Catalonia) we do call a cerveza a birra when we ask people if they want to get together for beers in informal settings, like ¿vamos a tomarnos unas birras?

[@francescazizza1481]

En Argentina también! :)

[@kierkegaardnl]

Merhaba Elysse! Ben İstanbulluyum ve şans eseri TikTok’ta senin bir videona denk geldim. Profilindeki KZbin bağlantısı sağ olsun, kanalına abone oldum. İstanbul’u gerçekten güzel gezmişsin. Bu video dışında birkaç videoda Türkçe konuşmanı dinledim ve açıkçası beni hayran bıraktı. Telaffuzun oldukça doğal geliyor kulağa, daha öğrenecek çok şeyin olabilir ama gittiğin yol bana mükemmel bir şekilde öğreneceğini gösteriyor. Telaffuzun çok akıcı, dinlediğim Türkçe konuşan yabancılar arasında en iyilerinden biri. Bol şans! P.S.:Adına bayıldım, çok güzel bir ad!!

[@drs-ci6pw]

The most beautiful turkey vlog I've ever seen

[@slay-hc6bb]

PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE ! I just enjoy watching ur vlogs wallahi they make me happy

[@hey-qi6ko]

How can you amaze me through two videos in such of a fast way of impression? It's just warmful to hear you speaking these languages, so cool! The way you speak all of them is just uncareful and precise, pretty nice :)

[@joaninha3484]

Çok ilginç. İstanbul’a gitmek istiyorum ❤

[@Nour-rk4ru]

okkkk seni çok seviyorum Elysse and this is one of my favourite vlogs in your channel!!!

[@elyssespeaks]

i’m glad you liked it!! :)

[@matheusfreitas9084]

A primeira (Naz) realmente não aprendeu só a língua, mas também aprendeu a ter o espírito brasileiro kkkkkkkk

[@elyssespeaks]

KKKK concordo!

[@sel8155]

On netflix there is mini turkish series about Sephardic turkish jews where they speak ladino it's called kulüp (the club)

[@lunar.diaries]

Really been enjoying your vlog-type videos! 🤩

[@elyssespeaks]

Glad you like them! ❤️

[@amandabrandt3471]

you're so good at making vlogs Elysse!

[@elyssespeaks]

i try :P i’m so glad u enjoy them!!

[@bowowow]

as a zaza i'm also really suprised i came across a zaza :D kurdish speakers are common but for zaza it's rare, our dialect is different but it's still so cool to see the language here

[@elyssespeaks]

it’s so beautiful!! you should be proud :)

[@bersu.u]

harika bir vlog olmuş👌👌

[@elyssespeaks]

çok teşekkürler:”)

[@_gabiicortes]

amei muito!!

[@polyglotsjourney]

Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I hope that you tried "ayran" as well, I didn't see that part 😂 I was wondering how did you learn Turkish? I traveled back and forth to Turkey last couple of years and I liked the country a lot. Therefore, this September I decided to acquire some of the Turkish language, and I am in the process currently. It is really super interesting language. Nothing similar to languages that I am currently fluent in. 😅

[@elyssespeaks]

I'm soon gonna make a video about how I study it! Also P.S., I posted a reel on Instagram of my first time trying ayran :)

[@polyglotsjourney]

@@elyssespeaks Ha, that would be amazing to see. 😊 Ayran is really something. I could have guessed it was a part of the Instagram post 😂

[@unwrittenbook]

My stepfather was/is also from the east of Turkey and he speaks Zaza as well :D wow….I feel connected somehow!

[@carolinarosinelli]

OMG! So many cats! I would love it =)

[@queenvictoria7068]

Siss if you come bursa you re always welcomee by me 💕💕 this video is really cute amazing with nice people

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Amazing video

[@julianarocha9370]

ai, muito legal

[@mikioni]

I LOVE YOU 😀

[@matteosartori9349]

There's a similar museum in Rhodes, museum of the old city jewish community, close to the old synagogue. But unluckly it's also a museum about Shoah, because the community of Rhodes was destroyed during the WWII, because at that time Rhodes was an italian colony... if you are interested look for Sami Modiano books... they are the reason I've visited Rhodes a few months ago. Anyway... you are a wonderful person. Thanks for this video!

[@elyssespeaks]

sad but very interesting, i'll look into that! i'm glad you enjoyed the vid

[@blgram]

It's weird how Greeks usually put blames on someone else. Well, my friend, I don't think they teach in Greece, but Greek officials actually collaborated with Nazis. There were many Nazi Greeks, and they worked with German Nazis to "clean" Greece from Jews. If you check this demographic chart, it shows how Jewish and Turkish population erased from Thessaloniki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki#/media/File:Saloniki_population_graph.png

[@carolinarosinelli]

Hahhshuahushuhuasa, eu ri demais com a turca falando "aquela coisa" em português - BR de maneiras diferentes! Sou brasileira. Adoro o seu canal!

[@Erika-pq7ip]

No cause Naz is a mood😭🤣

[@feliciahines8074]

I am considering learning Turkish. Did you find it really challenging to master the sentence structure since it's an SOV language? How long have you been studying Turkish?

[@YogaBlissDance]

So cute when you said "blending in" but you are a redhead(ish) so probably not. But they are so focused on SOCCER/FOOTBALL, I don't have that bug.

[@elyssespeaks]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Patrick.Khoury]

Çok iyi Türkçe konuşuyorsun!

[@harrycampbell1516]

I felt so seen when you said about eating vegan food as a non-vegan. Thank you

[@sfr456]

2:20 giril 😜😜😜

[@RachelHaraburda]

How do you find language exchange nights/events? Ive been looking for more ways to practice my German and I cant seem to find any events in my area or even online events.

[@elyssespeaks]

I found Yabangee through my friend Iza in the video, but if you look up “language exchange” or “language meetup” and your city on Facebook you might find some events!

[@bennsen8675]

Elysse, you never ever, like ever, leave a football match early ... unless there's a major emergeny. In England there's even a chant that fans use to taunt leaving opposition supporters: "Is there a fire drill? Is there a fire drill? Is there a fire drill? ..."

[@elyssespeaks]

We're not superfans and we didn't wanna get caught in the crowd HAHAH it's not a big deal

[@bennsen8675]

@@elyssespeaks That's an explanation but no excuse haha. Anyway hope you enjoyed the experience nonetheless.

[@junin2982]

you're perfect

[@elyssespeaks]

so are U my friend!

[@JustaFrog1241]

Hello. Do u need a native speaker to practice ur Turkish with on a daily basis?

[@YunusEmre-nt2er]

👍👍👍

[@leah2915]

❤

[@leah2915]

Thanks

[@ProfessionalAmateurQ]

Now I really want to learn Turkish😭

[@mile_851]

18:48 I don't know if "birra" sounds like a word from a different language and that's why you both laughed, but as an Argentinian (from Buenos Aires) I can tell you that in Spanish "birra" is "cerveza" too. It's more coloquial but highly used

[@Ozgur72]

Bira came to turkish from italian. It has latin roots.

[@halenurmert2036]

its a bit late but they laughed bcs he thought he spoke in Turkish (beer means 'bira' in Turkish) instead of speaking in Spanish so he got confused, bilingual problems basically

[@bakrdemir8656]

we say arpa suyu :D just kidding bira

[@user-ke2jt9tg4d]

hellal olsunn turkcen gayet iyi bende ingilizce öğrenemye çalıyorum, cok basit bir dip olmasina ragmen b1 bile deilim hala yanlis calisiyirum galiba

[@Djckw2]

Hi! I'm curious as to what camera you use to vlog while traveling?

[@elyssespeaks]

GoPro hero 8!

[@claraarus1929]

what bar was that language exchange in?? im going to istanbul soon

[@robertoa.m.3984]

Did you go to the Sinagoga de la Senhora?

[@user-mg3rp7jy2o]

Elysse você precisa vir assistir um jogo do Flamengo no Maracanã no Rio!!! 🇧🇷

[@erencavdar]

İstanbul geze geze bitmeyecek bir şehir ve eğer zamanın varsa daha çok gelmeli her yerine gitmelisin.

[@bradleylaford1526]

Istanbul / Constantinople - Beautiful City

[@bakrdemir8656]

why u so disrespectful ? kido

[@youbetcha6880]

Loooks amazing. I'm planning on going to Athens and Istanbul this October.

[@Kamy199]

If you ever change font in these videos imma be so mad, I read that as if it's your handwriting at this point Also how do you find all these nice people and events when you're travelling?? I want these secrets bro I'm always such a boring tourist

[@elyssespeaks]

HAHAH i've been considering changing it so thats pretty funny. and it's really because of my social media and platform, it helps me meet a lot of cool people :)

[@Kamy199]

@@elyssespeaks Hahahhaha I mean also don't lemme hold you back it's your channel, but that font'll always be Elysse's to me 😂 And ahhh yeah that makes sense tbf - if you're ever headed back to the UK give me a shout, I know some cool people here 😎 (it's just me, I'm the cool one)

[@rafalkaminski6389]

You look like a sultan wife - Hurrem, from a popular turkish serial, "gorgeous century", i guess🎉

[@shahidanusrat6086]

Mashallah mashallah marhaba marhaba love respect and support Turkey and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩😍. May Allah SWT bless Turkey and its beautiful people from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩 😍. Best regards from Pakistan 🙂🇵🇰🇹🇷🤩😍.

[@whoneeds-xw1gv]

I’m a turkish sephardic jew that’s for mentioning us💗🫶

[@Grandiloquence]

Halo semua orang, saya berharap Anda merasa hebat! 😊 ¡Hola a todos, espero que se sientan bien! ✨ Wszystko, co chcesz czuć się świetnie! 💛 我祝愿大家感到美好! ✋ سلام به همه، امیدوارم شما احساس خوبی داشته باشید! 💙 Ahoj všichni, doufám, že se cítíš skvěle! 😀 Ahoj všetci, dúfam, že sa cítite skvele! ✌ Salam haqqında, Mən böyük hiss! 🤚 नमस्ते, मुझे आशा है कि आप महान महसूस कर रहे हैं! 👀 Hallo, ich hoffe, du fühlst dich großartig! 😍

[@arshamcem8880]

11:16 actually it's persian word* بیهوده //بی + هوده//

[@sumairaasghar3390]

Were you a solo yraveller

[@cryptofinancex]

I hope you enjoyed Turkey . BTW you could have removed background noise in the restraunt with while editing the video.

[@elyssespeaks]

Don’t talk to me like I’m stupid, it was originally a lot louder and what you heard IS the reduced version. Lmfao don’t tell me how to edit

[@lyon5078]

Vitor deve ter feito alguma coisa errada 😂

[@dimitryrusu4022]

You are dangerously cute.

[@davidellismarkmullins1863]

Looking awesome love song best move is best cool best beautiful sweet girl in the world marry Christmas and Happy New year for you looking forward to you best beautiful day for the best would

[@elyssespeaks]

Sure

[@davidellismarkmullins1863]

@@elyssespeaks welcome you

[@kwastormayt]

why don't you create a new religion

[@NoName-cd7jf]

Çay is only tea not black don't be racist. Edit: i am so happy you show the jewish of the Muslim country and the other unknown others. We welcome you make more video.