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Signing off letters/emails
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 04:38 pm |
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Can anyone tell me the most appropriate way to sign off a letter in Turkish when writing to a friend or acquaintance (as opposed t a lover)? Or alternately point me in the right direction to any previous threads there may have been on this topic?
Thanking you in advance
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 04:43 pm |
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And can someone also tell about more formal letters, and how you would address and signature those. The sort of letters you would write to a company.
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 07:12 pm |
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Quoting georgette: Can anyone tell me the most appropriate way to sign off a letter in Turkish when writing to a friend or acquaintance (as opposed t a lover)? Or alternately point me in the right direction to any previous threads there may have been on this topic?
Thanking you in advance |
sevgilerle..??
i thnk that would be fine 
it means: with love.. 
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 07:14 pm |
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Quoting bod: And can someone also tell about more formal letters, and how you would address and signature those. The sort of letters you would write to a company. |
i would imagine that it would be the same way as it would be in english bod..
for dear i think that u would use "sayın".. is that correct people?
and u would also use the plural form of words as it is more formal and polite
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 07:21 pm |
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Quoting miss_ceyda: Quoting bod: And can someone also tell about more formal letters, and how you would address and signature those. The sort of letters you would write to a company. |
i would imagine that it would be the same way as it would be in english bod..
for dear i think that u would use "sayın".. is that correct people?
and u would also use the plural form of words as it is more formal and polite |
But do the same rules apply:
Dear name,
blah blah blah
Yours faithfully
Dear Sir,
blah blah blah
Yours sincerely
Does Turkish have the same sort of rules of epistolary style?
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06 Jan 2006 Fri 07:23 pm |
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that is a very good point and it never once came into my mind.. well done for thnkng of that bod! u are a smart one indeed  unfortunately, i myself am unable to supply u with an answer for it.. so i too will now sit back and wait for a decent reply...
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 01:49 am |
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Sevgili [name], (Dear [name])
N'aber (street form of ne haber) [name], (What's happening/what's the news [name]?)
Selam [name],
Sayın [name], (but that is more formal)
** Edit **
Just noticed you wanted way to know how to sign off a letter, not start a letter.
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 02:10 am |
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Quoting Teanga: Just noticed you wanted way to know how to sign off a letter, not start a letter. |
Well - both!
In English you put your address in the top right followed by the recipients address underneath on the left. Then either "Dear name" or "Dear Sir" followed by the body of the letter followed by "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely" depending on which 'dear' you use.
In English the rules are very clear cut.
I was wanting to know if there are similar rules in Türkçe?
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 01:13 pm |
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Actually there are two thread questions here:
The initial one that I raised was regarding how to sign off a letter/email to a friend - informal.
"Bod" appears to have added a different question - formal addresses and endings? Maybe another thread, Bod?
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07 Jan 2006 Sat 01:27 pm |
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Yes - I have added a new, but very much related, question. So related that I consider it an expansion on the original question rather than a seperate question. Hence I didn't start another thread!
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