Unfortunately you learn a language like a child only once in your life. Later, in order to learn you have to shoot the target from every direction. An adult learner usually tries to connect the new things with the old and use whatever ready schemes he has in his head. But I still believe it is important to throw oneself to the flow of language sometimes with no worries. (Because the child is still there, it didn´t go anywhere.)

I trust grammar. I guess it has become obvious. If the house was on fire I would try to save a few books. One just has to understand there is no such grammar which will explain everything thoroughly. A grammar is rather a commentary than the final truth.

I understand what gokuyum means. We cannot be too artistic here on TC because our first aim is to learn the language. But from the other side, discussing things which can´t be translated t-e or e-t word by word also takes us close to very important facts about both languages.

You must understand me also, abla Remember, it´s me who use more grammar lessons here.. 

Obvious things need not be written, scalpel.

After consideration, sometimes I find it more helpful to know the literal translations so that when I go to translate something else (either something I am reading, or practice sentences) I am more confident in applying the same appropriate grammar rules. I hope that makes sense.

Such as how I never wanted to just learn "enough" Turkish to be a tourist. For example, if someone doesn´t know what or how the -duk suffix is used in tanıştığımıza, then they want to express something that would need the same tense, they´d be clueless how to apply it to another word. Or the -siniz in "nerelsiniz" as another example. I hope you understand.

Translation has to make sense in the second language. So it should never be literal.