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How to say kaçıncı in English
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1.       si++
3189 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 10:17 am

Süleyman Demirel Türkiyenin kaçıncı cumhurbaşkanıydı?

2.       TeresaJana
304 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 10:41 am

not sure. the dictionary gives translation as (year) grade or grade level of school ...?

3.       Elisa
0 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 12:04 pm

Quoting si++:

Süleyman Demirel Türkiyenin kaçıncı cumhurbaşkanıydı?



It means "which", when the answer would be an ordinal number (first, second, third..)
I've seen the expression "how manieth", but it's not proper English I think.

Example:

Kaçıncı sınıftasın?
Beşinci sınıftayım

Which class are you in?
I'm in the fifth class.

In your example it is rather difficult to literally translate what you mean in Turkish.
I'd stick to "which president of Turkey / Turkish president was Süleyman Demirel."
or maybe "How many presidents of Turkey were there before Süleyman Demirel".

4.       Serdar07
428 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 12:51 pm

Quoting si++:

Süleyman Demirel Türkiyenin kaçıncı cumhurbaşkanıydı?


I think in this case we should avoid word to word translation..however, we can use:
1. what's Süleyman Demirel's rank amoung the Turkish presidents.
or
2. what's Süleyman Demirel's chronogical order amoung the Turkish presidents.

5.       mltm
3530 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 01:10 pm

Yes, I have always thought this same question. There is no direct way to say this in english. Rather strange.

6.       TeresaJana
304 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 01:32 pm

i dont think there is an exact 'word' but one might say:

'standing term or standing position maybe ?

He stood (his term) as the 15th President.

7.       kurtlovesgrunge
1434 posts 		 09 Jun 2007 Sat 01:34 pm

kaçıncı=(in a series) After how many
kaçıncı defa after how many times

8.       si++
3189 posts 		 10 Jun 2007 Sun 08:25 am

I saw some discussions about this one. Some say "how manyth" is OK in English but not everybody does use it.

Just google "how manyth".

9.       Elisa
0 posts 		 10 Jun 2007 Sun 12:09 pm

Quoting si++:

I saw some discussions about this one. Some say "how manyth" is OK in English but not everybody does use it.



Yes, there are quite some! And "how manyth" sounds much better to me than the alternatives some people come up with..
I checked a couple of dictionaries and it's not in there though.
Maybe an English native speaker could enlighten us?

10.       lady in red
6947 posts 		 10 Jun 2007 Sun 01:46 pm

Well I'm a native English speaker and I have never in my life heard anyone say 'how manyth'!!! The only google references I can see are people asking if this word exists.

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