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Reflexive in turkish , how is it?
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 05:24 am |
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Hi all,
Please I want you to tell me as much as possible about reflexive pronouns in turkish!
How do you say?
I wash myself
It is clear by itself
She cut herself
I HAVE cut myself
It ıs saıd that I have cut myself
I know kendimi , kendisi etc but is there any suffix of it or special usage?
Şimdiden teşekkürler!
Dilara 
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 05:54 am |
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myself - kendimi
urself - kendisini
himself/herself/itself- kendini
ourselves - kendimizi
yourself - kendisini
themselves - kendilerini
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 07:41 am |
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Quoting angel-frier: myself - kendimi
urself - kendisini
himself/herself/itself- kendini
ourselves - kendimizi
yourself - kendisini
themselves - kendilerini
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One correction;
yourself (plural) --> kendinizi
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 09:40 am |
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Quoting Dilara: Hi all,
Please I want you to tell me as much as possible about reflexive pronouns in turkish!
How do you say?
I wash myself
It is clear by itself
She cut herself
I HAVE cut myself
It ıs saıd that I have cut myself
I know kendimi , kendisi etc but is there any suffix of it or special usage?
Şimdiden teşekkürler!
Dilara |
There are different verbs used for that.
to wash something: bir şeyi yıkamak
to wash yourself: kendini yıkamak --> yıkanmak
to clean something: bir şeyi temizlemek
to clean yourself: kendini temizlemek --> temizlenmek
Ahmet yıkandı, temizlendi.
Nothing for "cut". It is just "kesmek"
It is not ok for all verbs like that "-n" suffix. It may be also another meaning.
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 10:31 am |
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Quoting angel-frier:
urself - kendisini
himself/herself/itself- kendini
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Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Kendini = yourself
Kenidisini = him/her/itself
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 11:41 am |
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also what about "bizzat"? or is it anything different?
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 12:05 pm |
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Quoting rena: also what about "bizzat"? or is it anything different? |
I never heard about the word, but looking at the dictionary I think it has more a sense of "kendi kendime", "all by myself".
Bunu kendi kendime yaptım - I did this by myself (without any help from other people)
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 12:11 pm |
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i met this word today when i was doing the translation of metehan's story..
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 01:20 pm |
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Quoting rena: i met this word today when i was doing the translation of metehan's story.. |
When you replace the word by "kendi kendine" (all by oneself - ending depends on the person), does metehan's sentence still make sense?
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09 Feb 2007 Fri 01:36 pm |
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yes yes, it did! thanks elisa
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