Azer makarón

The recorded voice you are hearing is Rachel Bortnick (Izmir), longtime Ladino language activist and founder of Ladinokomunitá.

This domain was edited by Karen Gerşon Şarhon (Istanbul) and Rachel Bortnick (Izmir).

Pot: kaldera and tendjere are both ways to refer to a cooking pot.

• kaldera is a Latin-origin word more commonly used among speakers from Istanbul.

• tendjere comes from the Turkish tencere and is more commonly used among speakers from Izmir.

To turn on: ensender and asender are both ways to say this.

• ensender is more common in Izmir.

• asender is more common in Istanbul.

Buya/buyga: these are variants of the third person subjunctive form of the verb buyir 'to boil.'

• buya is the form used in Istanbul.

• buyga is the form used in Izmir.

Minutes: puntos and minutos are both ways to say this.

• puntos is more common in Istanbul.

• minutos is more common in Izmir.

Sink: lavabo and pilá are both ways to say this.

• lavabo is a way some speakers in Istanbul refer to sinks of any kind.

• pilá is the word used in Izmir for the sink in the kitchen, while lavabo is only a bathroom sink.

Sauce: sos and salsa are both ways to say this.

• sos comes from the French sauce and is used by some speakers in Istanbul.

• salsa is an Iberian-origin word and is the more common choice in Izmir.