Back in the states for a few months and our time features much time in the car.  Taking advantage of that time, my wife and I mostly talk, but we do also listen to lots of kids cd's - one of which was a collection of children's songs in Turkish.  It was a surprising lesson in listening, trying to pick out and hear all of the words and the ways they used the language to create the rythm of the songs.  I was struck at how many new things I felt like I learned.  Here is one observation I made - please offer correction if I am wrong, I haven't actually looked this up, but rather am just making a hypothesis of sorts based on what I heard.  In English we use the words 'somebody' , 'anybody' and 'nobody'.  In Turkish, there is one word that can be used for all three - 'kimse'.  Listening to children's songs with my kids broght this to my attention - something I probably use correctly, but have never thought about. 

And actually, once I thought about it, the English way we say, "Nobody is here" is pretty strange. 
       Frank isn't here, but nobody is here.    It makes me glad I am not learning English at times.

Anyway, so that is the tip of the biweek.  Listen up!  Listen up to those kids songs, pop songs, worship songs, etc - you will be surprised what you learn. 

Kolay gelsin!