Welcome
Login:   Pass:     Register - Forgot Password - Resend Activation

Turkish Class Forums /

Add reply to this discussion
Moderators:
Ask your teacher - erdinc´s group
(95 Messages in 10 pages - View all)
1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10
50.       CANLI
5084 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:09 pm

İn English we can say this,

 

Ayşe is not going to the movies ?

Yes,she is not going.

 

But we cant do this in Turkish,can we ?

İf we say,

Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor mu?

So we cant say,

Evet,Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor.

We must say,

Hayır,Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor.

 

Or can we ?

 

 

Ps: i´ve tried many times to make spaces between each question and the answer and the other ones but couldnt,also to make the font bigger size but couldnt.

İ deleted my answer and typing them now for that reason...sorry about that

51.       lady in red
6947 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:21 pm

 

Quoting CANLI

İn English we can say this,

 

Ayşe is not going to the movies ?

Yes,she is not going.

 

But we cant do this in Turkish,can we ?

İf we say,

Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor mu?

So we cant say,

Evet,Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor.

We must say,

Hayır,Ayşe sinemaya gitmiyor.

 

Or can we ?

 

 The English should be ´No she is not going´ not ´Yes, she is not going´  In the sentence ´Ayşe ıs not goıng to the movıes? (´is she´ is implied) therefore the answer must be ´no´.  I am sure the Turkish would be the same.

52.       erdinc
2151 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:22 pm

Yes, that´s right. We keep using hayır.

 

The word was zayıflamak. Corrected now.

53.       CANLI
5084 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:25 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

 The English should be ´No she is not going´ not ´Yes, she is not going´  In the sentence ´Ayşe ıs not goıng to the movıes? (´is she´ is implied) therefore the answer must be ´no´.  I am sure the Turkish would be the same.

 

 Ok you mean we dont use it like that in English ?

İm sure,i have heard it and read it many times as i just stated...yes grammatically wrong,as its negative,but i heard it used that way. {#lang_emotions_confused}

54.       lady in red
6947 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:32 pm

 

Quoting CANLI

 Ok you mean we dont use it like that in English ?

İm sure,i have heard it and read it many times as i just stated...yes grammatically wrong,as its negative,but i heard it used that way. {#lang_emotions_confused}

 

 

Well I don´t use it like that in English and I have been speaking English all my life!  It sounds really peculiar to me

 

You could possibly say - in answer to ´Ayşe is not going to the movies?´

 

´Yes, you are right, she is not going to the movies´ but you would have to include ´you are right´

55.       erdinc
2151 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:34 pm

In your example the answer should be "Hayır, gitmiyor". I would never use "Evet, gitmiyor".

 

 

 

56.       sonunda
5004 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:35 pm

 

Quoting CANLI

 Ok you mean we dont use it like that in English ?

İm sure,i have heard it and read it many times as i just stated...yes grammatically wrong,as its negative,but i heard it used that way. {#lang_emotions_confused}

 

I think you are right CANLI we can answer a negative question in English with a yes. You can say ´ ´have you no bananas´ the answer to which is ´yes,we have no bananas´!! Or ´are you not well?´ the answer is ´yes,I´m not well´ or ´no,I´m not well´ Confusing isn´t it? It´s more usual to ask in the positive.

 

 

57.       lady in red
6947 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:40 pm

 

Quoting sonunda

I think you are right CANLI we can answer a negative question in English with a yes. You can say ´ ´have you no bananas´ the answer to which is ´yes,we have no bananas´!! Or ´are you not well?´ the answer is ´yes,I´m not well´ or ´no,I´m not well´ Confusing isn´t it? It´s more usual to ask in the positive.

 

 

 

Thanks Sonunda!  I think I´ll give up speaking!  Canli´s particular example did not make sense regardless of other eccentricities of the English language.

58.       sonunda
5004 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:43 pm

Don´t you remember that song ´yes,we have no bananas´?

59.       lady in red
6947 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:44 pm

 

Quoting sonunda

Don´t you remember that song ´yes,we have no bananas´?

 

 Yes - but it is a stupid sentence for a song

 

60.       sonunda
5004 posts
 19 Aug 2008 Tue 11:47 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

 Yes - but it is a stupid sentence for a song

 

 Which illustrates the ambiguities of the language.

(95 Messages in 10 pages - View all)
1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10
Add reply to this discussion




Turkish Dictionary
Turkish Chat
Open mini chat
New in Forums
Intermediate (B1) to upper-intermediate (B...
qdemir: ...
Why yer gördüm but yeri geziyorum
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much, makes perfect sense!
Etmeyi vs etmek
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much!
Görülmez vs görünmiyor
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much, very well explained!
Içeri and içeriye
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much for the detailed ...
Present continous tense
HaydiDeer: Got it, thank you!
Hic vs herhangi, degil vs yok
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much!
Rize Artvin Airport Transfer - Rize Tours
rizetours: Dear Guest; In order to make your Black Sea trip more enjoyable, our c...
What does \"kabul ettiğini\" mean?
HaydiDeer: Thank you very much for the detailed ...
Random Pictures of Turkey
Most commented