"Merhaba!"

Translation: Hello!

[HamzaNehlawi]

it's like the arabic "Merhaba"= "مرحبا" :)

[Carpetini]

I am going to say the same.

[charafilastine]

haha true .. :D

[burak.duolingo]

Merhaba - Hello

Selam - Hi

[mooncats]

Is it true that it's also correct to pronounce this word with voiceless 'h' [meraba]?

[Selcen_Ozturk]

many people do that in daily speech, yes

[saschambaer]

Just as a nitpick, h is voiceless. You mean silent (i.e. not said at all)

[akrTubaVed]

I am from turkiy

[Dakota_Marz]

does turkish have semivowels (I think that's what they are called). by semivowel I mean "er" "ir" "or" "ur" in English where you wouldn't say "eh-r" but rather a sort of different sound that is like the Nordic "ø"

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Nope, vowels keep there full sound. This is actually a common mistake made by English speakers while speaking Turkish. Turks can't understand it when we say "Bursa" :D

[RosemaryGa14]

Why are there no moduls in this course teaching the words for body parts, ie. Hands, face, arms,legs etc?

[MojtabaSaf5]

سلام

[JackKeeler1]

I wrote 'Hello' but I got it wrong. It said the answer was 'Hello!' wtf

[London.CHANEL]

I always hear it as [meraba] with a silent |h|, but here it's different from movies and TV shows.