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Constructing sentences
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:25 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: "Get down" and "lie down" are two different things.
Be careful...she may misunderstand
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why? What would each of them mean if you said them to a girl?
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:28 pm |
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Quoting mltm: or say,
"Floss, aşağı in!"
"Floss, in aşağı!"
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Is there a difference between these two????
Also - if I say "Floss, aşağı in!" - how would Floss know I wanted her to get off whatever she was on and not that I wanted her to go downstairs???
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:30 pm |
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Bod, I just have to say, I love the way you are learning Turkish by talking to your dog! It's such a great idea! 
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:33 pm |
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To mltm..
Hey...Pls dont be naughty....What will the moderator think?
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| 14. |
02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:36 pm |
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Quoting Natlisa: Bod, I just have to say, I love the way you are learning Turkish by talking to your dog! It's such a great idea! |
Well the dogs only ever have simple sentences directed at them (well - unless I need to get something off my chest!) so the Turkish sentences should be simple as well. Plus they are short sentences that actually mean something that I can use regularly and therefore get used to the feel of the language.
But perhaps more importantly, the dogs don't laugh at me when I march around the house repeatedly telling the time aloud over and over again......they look at me strange and hide occasionally, but they don't laugh
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:41 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting mltm: or say,
"Floss, aşağı in!"
"Floss, in aşağı!"
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Is there a difference between these two????
Also - if I say "Floss, aşağı in!" - how would Floss know I wanted her to get off whatever she was on and not that I wanted her to go downstairs??? |
They are same though when you say "in aşağı", you say "in" more strongly, so it has more emphasis on "in".
The second one is a good question. I don't know much about training a dog. but I know that people say "in aşağı" to make their dog get off from the canape or bed. but I don't know how they make their dog go downstairs, we have to ask a dog owner. "inmek" is also used for going down the stairs, so I don't know maybe with the eyes or pointing the finger, they understand.
maybe you can say "aşağıya git!" for "go to downstairs!"
Anyone has an idea?
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:43 pm |
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Bod..
Make sure you keep only handsome dogs around...
A friend of mine says all men eventually look like their most beloved dog, when they grow very old...such is the strength of ties between a dog and its owner.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT ...
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:48 pm |
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Sorry Bod, if I laugh at you sometimes. But it's definitely not making fun of you, sometimes it's very cute and I like it, so I laugh.
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 07:58 pm |
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Quoting mltm: Sorry Bod, if I laugh at you sometimes. But it's definitely not making fun of you, sometimes it's very cute and I like it, so I laugh. |
hee hee - I am sure you do laugh at my inability to speak Turkish......that is only natural and much the same as I laugh at some of the English I see on here and elsewhere from non-native speakers (although everyone's English on here is much better than my Turkish!)
Although I suspect that you would laugh if you saw me looking at the clock then marching around the house for the next few minutes saying time out loud!!!
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02 Dec 2005 Fri 08:03 pm |
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Quoting mltm: The second one is a good question. I don't know much about training a dog. but I know that people say "in aşağı" to make their dog get off from the canape or bed. but I don't know how they make their dog go downstairs, we have to ask a dog owner. "inmek" is also used for going down the stairs, so I don't know maybe with the eyes or pointing the finger, they understand.
maybe you can say "aşağıya git!" for "go to downstairs!" |
I wasn't so much thinking about dog training - you can teach a dog to do virtually anything to whatever command you choose regardless of meaning to humans!!!
It is the general understanding from a statement.
If I said to a person "mltm, aşağı in!" and that person was upstairs sitting on the bed - how would they know whether I was asking them to get off the bed or go downstairs?
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| 20. |
02 Dec 2005 Fri 08:08 pm |
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First "down" gets precedence, unless you are more specific
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