Different Functions of the word " Hiç"
1. Comparasion Function
a. Preference in comparasion
Hiç değilse Ayşe ödevlerini yapıyor. Diğerleri gibi değil.
At least Ayşe is doing her homeworks. Unlike others.
Here, Ayşe is being compared with others.
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Hiç yoktan iyidir.
Better than nothing.
Here, Something we have that we think we haven´t got enough of it. But we still prefer having it than having nothing.
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b. Requesting in comparasion
Hiç değilse annene bir mektup yaz.
At least , write a letter to your mother.
Here, the speaker is requesting the other person to write a letter to his mother. The speaker thinks it is better for him sending a letter than doing nothing.
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Hiç olmazsa kahvaltı yap.
Have breakfast at least.
Here, the speaker is requesting the other person to have breakfast. The speaker thinks it is better for him having breakfast than having nothing.
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c. Certainty in comparison
Hastalık değil, fakirlik hiç değil , asıl sensizlik bana koyar.
What really devastates me is not having illnesses or certainly not being poor but being without you.
Here, the speaker is comparing illnesses and being poor with being without his loved one. And he thinks the most devastating thing for him is ´being without his loved one´.
And he is putting them in order,
not having ilnesses
and certainly not having pains
but being without his loved one.
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2. Rejection
Hiç de bile - Hiç de değil
a. Bana karşı hala duyguların var.
b. Hayır. Hiç de bile.
a. You still have feelings for me.
b. No. Not at all.
Here person b declining [rejecting, disagreeing] what a says.
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a. Onu özlüyorsun sanırım.
b. Hayır. Hiç de değil.
a. You are missing him.
b. No. Not at all.
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3. ´ Ever ´
Türkiye´de yaşadın mı hiç ?
Have you ever lived in Turkey ?
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Aşık oldun mu hiç ?
Have you ever fall in love ?
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4. "Never "
Oraya hiç gitmedim.
I never went there.
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Dün gece hiç uyumadım.
I never had sleep last night.
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5. Makes Negative statement into Pozitive .
In some cases, it turns the negative form into pozitive.
a. Düğüne geliyor musun ?
b. Hiç gelmez miyim ?
a. Are you coming to the wedding
b. Would I not come ? [ How can I not come ? !] Of course I am coming !
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6. Carelessness
a. Ne yapıyorsun şimdi ?
b. Hiç !
a. What are you doing now ?
b. Just nothing !
Here, person b is answering carelessly to the question of person a.
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7. Causelessness
From nothing, out of nothing.
Hiç yoktan birbirinizi üzdünüz.
You upset eachother out of nothing.
Here, nothing caused you to upset eachother. You both upset eachother out of nothing. Out of unimportant, small thing.
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