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Giving prohibitive instructions
1.       bod
5999 posts
 22 Feb 2006 Wed 01:05 am

If one wants to give prohibitive instructions are these valid forms of expression in Türkçe???

park eden yok
no parking

havlayan yok
no barking

2.       erdinc
2151 posts
 22 Feb 2006 Wed 01:44 am

Hi bod,
it was a nice try but unfortunately the meanings are not the ones that you want.

park eden yok
there is nobody that parks

havlayan yok
there is nobody that barks

park eden: somebody who parks
havlayan: something that barks

giden, gelen, koşan, havlayan, konuşan, bakan, gülen, etc. are verbal adjectives. You put them in front of nouns to make a noun phrase.

giden yolcu
gelen adam
koşan çocuk
havlayan köpek
konuşan kuş
bakan adam
gülen kız


Prohibitive instructions in Turkish are best constructed with the word "yasak" (forbidden). Another possibility is negative of aorist tense in passive mood.

Park etmek yasak.
Park edilmez.

Köpeklerin içeri sokulması yasak.
İçeriye köpek sokmak yasak.
Köpekle içeri girilmez.

Sigara içmek yasak.
Sigara içilmez.

"Havlamak yasak" sounds silly.

3.       bod
5999 posts
 23 Feb 2006 Thu 06:31 pm

Quoting erdinc:

"Havlamak yasak" sounds silly.



Unfortunately Poppy agrees wit you.......
She doesn't like the idea of barking being prohibited

4.       mltm
3690 posts
 23 Feb 2006 Thu 06:57 pm

Hey is there a sign where there is"no barking" on it in UK? Where do they put it?

5.       bod
5999 posts
 24 Feb 2006 Fri 01:07 am

Quoting mltm:

Hey is there a sign where there is"no barking" on it in UK? Where do they put it?



I would like to put one in my bedroom.......
But Poppy would bark to protest that she cannot read it

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