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Turkish counting out rhymes
- 1. TURKISH COUNTING OUTRHYMES ERASMUS + PROJECT “PLAY TO LEARN, LEARN TO PLAY“ 2018-1-LT01-KA229-047004 ATATÜRK ANADOLU LİSESİ-SAMSUN-TÜRKİYE
- 2. Portakalı Soydum (I PEELEDTHE ORANGE) • Portakalı Soydum(I peeled the orange) • Baş Ucuma Koydum (I put it next to my head) • Ben Bir Yalan Uydurdum (I told a lie) • Duma Duma Dum • Kırmızı Mum (red candle) • Dolapta Pekmez (the jam is in the fridge) • Yala Yala Bitmez (it never finishes by licking) • Ayşecik Cik Cik Cik • Fatmacık Cık Cık Cık • Sen Bu Oyundan Çık (leave this game)
- 3. Eeny, meeny, miny,moe • "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe“ • (PORTAKALI SOYDUM,BAŞUCUMA KOYDUM,BEN BİR YALAN UYDURDUM), • which can be spelled a number of ways — is a similar Turkish children's counting rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag, or for selecting various other things. • It is one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is either "chosen" or "counted out". The rhyme has existed in various forms and is common in many languages with similar-sounding nonsense syllables.
- 5. O PİTİ PİTİKARAMELA SEPETİ • O piti piti ,Karamela sepeti • (a basket of Chocolate mix) • Terazi lastik jimnastik • (Scales ,elastic,gymnastic) • Biz size geldik bitlendik • We came to your home and we got liced to. Dik dik dik karnımı dik
- 6. O PİTİ PİTİKARAMELA SEPETİ • It is also the same and one of a large group of similar rhymes in which the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is either "chosen" or "counted out". The rhyme has existed in various forms and is common in many languages with similar- sounding nonsense syllables.