Grandma's Pockets: A Catching Game with Turkish Words

Anneanne fills the pockets of the cardigan before you go out. Move the cardigan and catch the chestnuts, the leaves, the pomegranates and the blue bead. Keep away from the cold wind! Each catch shows a Turkish word.

Pockets: 0 Warm: 3 of 3 Time: 45
 

Hırkanı al, üşürsün!

“Take your cardigan, you’ll get cold.”
Catch the chestnuts, the leaves, the pomegranates and the blue bead. Three gusts of wind and the game is over.

Move the mouse or drag with your finger. You can also use the two buttons or the arrow keys.

How to play

  • Press Start. Move the cardigan with the mouse, with your finger, with the two buttons or with the arrow keys.
  • Catch the chestnuts, the leaves, the pomegranates and the blue bead. A chestnut or a leaf is 1 point, a pomegranate is 2 points and the blue bead is 3 points.
  • Keep away from the cold wind. After three gusts of wind the game is over. A round takes 45 seconds.

Turkish words in the game

  • kestane: chestnut
  • yaprak: leaf
  • nar: pomegranate
  • nazar boncuğu: the blue eye bead. Read what it means.
  • rüzgâr: wind
  • Hırkanı al, üşürsün: “Take your cardigan, you’ll get cold.”
  • Üşümedin, değil mi kuzum?: “You didn’t get cold, did you, my lamb?”

Keep going

The game goes with a story: Grandma’s Cardigan, to read aloud in English and in Turkish. The cardigan is also a design: see Grandma’s Cardigan on mugs, stickers and more. For more games, go to our games page.

The game runs in your browser. There is nothing to install and no sign-up. It does not save scores or any other data.