merhaba!
In all the languages I know the vreb "to be" has various meanings. I think it would be helpful to make a list with expressions based on this verb and thier translation:

e.g. "ne oldu?"= what happened
"olur!"= all right
"olmaz"= no
"ne olur?"= so what?(correct me if I`m wrong)
"olmaz olmaz"= nothing is impossible
"sonunda doktor oldunuz.tebrikler!"= you finally became a doctor.congratulations!


what else?

ne olur = please!

I agree with you. This list would be very useful for us whose mother tongue is not turkish.Natives, help.

My dictionary lists 34 different usage as an intrantive verb and 8 more as helper (yardımcı verb. Most of them can be translated using "to be". Here are some examples:

- Transition from one state to another
şarap sirke olmuş -- the wine has become vinegar.

- Becoming a member of a profession
Babası gibi kasap oldu -- He became (or has become) a butcher like his father

- When speaking of relationships
Onunla iyi günlerimiz oldu -- We had nice days with him/her

- For an action to be relevant
Bugün gitmesek iyi olur -- We hadn't better go today

- Speaking of a fruit, means becoming ripe
Elmalar olmuş -- The apples have become ripe

- With possessive suffixes, it means to have
Yakında bir arabam olacak -- I will have a car soon

- To have been prepared
Çay oldu -- The tea has been prepared (The tea is ready, we can drink)

- To lose something = -den/-ten olmak
İşten oldum -- I have lost the job
Paradan olduk -- We have lost the money

- To happen
Ne oldu? -- What happened?
Sana ne oldu? -- What happened to you?

etc.

And we have a lot of words derived from olmak

olur -- that's ok (deal, agreed), that'll do
olmaz -- that's not OK (I cannot accept it, no deal), that'll not do
ne olur or n'olur -- please (lit. what happens if ...)
ne olmuş or n'olmuş -- so what (what's it to you, what's the matter)


Together with some tenses
V+ -iyor olmak -- will be doing something
geliyor olacağım -- I will be coming
V+ -mekte olmak -- to have been doing something
gelmekte olacağım -- I will have been coming
V+ -miş (durumda) olmak -- to have done something
Gelmiş (durumda) olacağım -- I will have come
V+ -(i)r/-(e)r olmak -- To start doing something habitually
Bu aralar çok gelir oldu -- He started to come here many times nowadays.
Bu aralar gelmez oldu -- He started not coming here nowadays (He is not coming anymore)
V+ -ecek olmak -- to have an intention for doing something (usually in conditional mode)
gelecek olursa -- If he decides to come or if he ever comes
etc.

this is really of great help aslan.meleksin

How do we say "ne olur ne olmaz" in English?

Thanks a lot Julia for starting a thread, and thanks Aslan for giving such a helpful list!
teşekkürler!

merhaba!

an example using "ne olurne olmaz" would be of great help


tesekkurler!

Some more from my dictionary:

olabilir -- possible, it may be
olan oldu -- what's done is done
olanca -- utmost, all possible
olası -- probable, possible, may it be!
oldum olası -- ever since I can remember
olay -- event, fact
oldu olacak -- the inevitable has happened, it's no use worrying any more about it
oldukça -- rather
olgun -- ripe, mature
olmaz olmaz -- there is nothing that does not happen, anything can happen
hiç olmazsa -- at least, at any rate
olsa olsa -- at the very most, the last resort
olsun -- so be it, all right, I don't mind

Ne olursa olsun-- Be that as it may.

Neden olmasın-- Why not?


--Andrea

merhaba!

if "sana ne oldu"= "what happened to you"

how shall we say e.g. "I feel we gradually get far from eachother. what hapened WITH us?"

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Ornekler

Hava bulutlu, yağmur falan yağarsa ne yaparız.
Ne olur ne olmaz sen yine de şemsiyeni yanına al.

Adama bir vurdum yere yığıldı. Kaldırıp baktım yaşıyor mu diye. Eee ne olur ne olmaz değil mi?.


Ne olur ne olmaz diyerek cebime fazladan 100 euro para koydum.


Bunlar da benden di.