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1.       Tazx1
156 posts
 22 Jul 2008 Tue 05:10 pm

The following extract is from a story called ´şimsiye hirsizi´ [Yususf Mardin - Colloquial Turkish p222]. The person is relating the trouble he had with all the şemsiyeler he bought. He is now fed up and thinks to himself:-

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´

Can someone please translate it for me. I cannot find the meaning of ´YELE´ ... I can only find the word ´YEL´ in the dictionary which means ´wind´. But that does not seem to make sense ... somebody said to me that ´YELE´ means > skin!!?

My best imaginative translation seems to be:-

´... like this, just [to save] someone´s skin [yele] in the street, (or) to let someone to take it unjustly [anfor], why should I waste my money?´.

Please help.

Tazx1

2.       gencturk
274 posts
 22 Jul 2008 Tue 05:15 pm

it is "yel"="rüzgar"="wind" in the sentence.

3.       mltm
2766 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 06:47 am

Quoting Tazx1:

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´



At first, after having read the sentence about 5 times, I couldn´t get what he really meant. (Maybe you should have written the whole sentence.), but later I think I got it.

Here the word is "yel", and it means "wind" (another word for yel more widely used today is "rüzgar"), and -e is just a suffix meaning "to".

"Kimi (some) şemsiyeyi yele verecek olduktan sonra.."

-e vermek means "to give to", when you give your umbrella to the wind un intentionally, it means the wind takes your umbrella, you can do nothing about it. In turkish it´s sometimes used but very rare, it´s a literal usage.
In daily usage "şemsiyeyi rüzgara kaptırmak" is used.

However, I have no idea about "anfor", but it should be the same with the "yel" I guess. "anfor + e ". In no dictionary I have, "anfor" or "anfora" exists.

This is what I think.

4.       seyit
328 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 06:57 am

Quoting mltm:

Quoting Tazx1:

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´



At first, after having read the sentence about 5 times, I couldn´t get what he really meant. (Maybe you should have written the whole sentence.), but later I think I got it.

Here the word is "yel", and it means "wind" (another word for yel more widely used today is "rüzgar"), and -e is just a suffix meaning "to".

"Kimi (some) şemsiyeyi yele verecek olduktan sonra.."

-e vermek means "to give to", when you give your umbrella to the wind un intentionally, it means the wind takes your umbrella, you can do nothing about it. In turkish it´s sometimes used but very rare, it´s a literal usage.
In daily usage "şemsiyeyi rüzgara kaptırmak" is used.

However, I have no idea about "anfor", but it should be the same with the "yel" I guess. "anfor + e ". In no dictionary I have, "anfor" or "anfora" exists.

This is what I think.


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.

5.       mltm
2766 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 06:59 am

Quoting seyit:


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.



Yes, I haven´t either, but I couldn´t get any other meaning from the sentence.

6.       seyit
328 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 07:37 am

Quoting mltm:

Quoting seyit:


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.



Yes, I haven´t either, but I couldn´t get any other meaning from the sentence.



Buldum!

Anfora (amphora) is an archaic earthenware water jug which was only used in naval transportation.

7.       serhattugral
196 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 07:50 am

Quoting seyit:

Quoting mltm:

Quoting Tazx1:

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´



At first, after having read the sentence about 5 times, I couldn´t get what he really meant. (Maybe you should have written the whole sentence.), but later I think I got it.

Here the word is "yel", and it means "wind" (another word for yel more widely used today is "rüzgar"), and -e is just a suffix meaning "to".

"Kimi (some) şemsiyeyi yele verecek olduktan sonra.."

-e vermek means "to give to", when you give your umbrella to the wind un intentionally, it means the wind takes your umbrella, you can do nothing about it. In turkish it´s sometimes used but very rare, it´s a literal usage.
In daily usage "şemsiyeyi rüzgara kaptırmak" is used.

However, I have no idea about "anfor", but it should be the same with the "yel" I guess. "anfor + e ". In no dictionary I have, "anfor" or "anfora" exists.

This is what I think.


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.



It seems making an explanation is unescapeable.

The word "anfor" must be "anafor". Its first meaning is "undertow" and according to the context means like this. You drop down your umbrella to the sea and it goes by undertow, then why you must pay, steal it gitsin

But its another meaning is "illicit gain" or "trick" that seen in public transport like train, metro, steamship etc. Somebody comes, makes some tricks takes away your some money or belongings at the steamship, meanwhile your umbrella goes by. Than why you must pay, steal it gitsin

8.       caliptrix
2565 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 07:53 am

Quoting serhattugral:

Quoting seyit:

Quoting mltm:

Quoting Tazx1:

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´



At first, after having read the sentence about 5 times, I couldn´t get what he really meant. (Maybe you should have written the whole sentence.), but later I think I got it.

Here the word is "yel", and it means "wind" (another word for yel more widely used today is "rüzgar"), and -e is just a suffix meaning "to".

"Kimi (some) şemsiyeyi yele verecek olduktan sonra.."

-e vermek means "to give to", when you give your umbrella to the wind un intentionally, it means the wind takes your umbrella, you can do nothing about it. In turkish it´s sometimes used but very rare, it´s a literal usage.
In daily usage "şemsiyeyi rüzgara kaptırmak" is used.

However, I have no idea about "anfor", but it should be the same with the "yel" I guess. "anfor + e ". In no dictionary I have, "anfor" or "anfora" exists.

This is what I think.


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.



It seems making an explanation is unescapeable.

The word "anfor" must be "anafor". Its first meaning is "undertow" and according to the context means like this. You drop down your umbrella to the sea and it goes by undertow, then why you must pay, steal it gitsin

But its another meaning is "illicit gain" or "trick" that seen in public transport like train, metro, steamship etc. Somebody comes, makes some tricks takes away your some money ot belongings at the steamship, meanwhile your umbrella goes. Than why you must pay, steal it gitsin


I agree. I was about to say similar things. anafor means girdap.

9.       seyit
328 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 08:00 am

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting serhattugral:

Quoting seyit:

Quoting mltm:

Quoting Tazx1:

´... öyle ya kimini sokakta yele, kimini vapurda anfora verecek olduktan sonra, niye boş para harcıyayım?´



At first, after having read the sentence about 5 times, I couldn´t get what he really meant. (Maybe you should have written the whole sentence.), but later I think I got it.

Here the word is "yel", and it means "wind" (another word for yel more widely used today is "rüzgar"), and -e is just a suffix meaning "to".

"Kimi (some) şemsiyeyi yele verecek olduktan sonra.."

-e vermek means "to give to", when you give your umbrella to the wind un intentionally, it means the wind takes your umbrella, you can do nothing about it. In turkish it´s sometimes used but very rare, it´s a literal usage.
In daily usage "şemsiyeyi rüzgara kaptırmak" is used.

However, I have no idea about "anfor", but it should be the same with the "yel" I guess. "anfor + e ". In no dictionary I have, "anfor" or "anfora" exists.

This is what I think.


I didn´t find anfor in the Turkish dictionary.



It seems making an explanation is unescapeable.

The word "anfor" must be "anafor". Its first meaning is "undertow" and according to the context means like this. You drop down your umbrella to the sea and it goes by undertow, then why you must pay, steal it gitsin

But its another meaning is "illicit gain" or "trick" that seen in public transport like train, metro, steamship etc. Somebody comes, makes some tricks takes away your some money ot belongings at the steamship, meanwhile your umbrella goes. Than why you must pay, steal it gitsin


I agree. I was about to say similar things. anafor means girdap.


Both of you are right. Please dont forget anfora, It may be useful "birgün" ok?

10.       serhattugral
196 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 08:05 am

Quote:

Quote:


Both of you are right. Please dont forget anfora, It may be useful "birgün" ok?



Yes. After the 3.rd world war.

(I dont know which weapons will be used at 3. world war. But I am sure that the 4.th one will be made by stones and wooden sticks) Who was said it I didnt remember.

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