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iyi gun
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 09:43 am |
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Its a good day to be alive.
Bir iyi gun yaşamak
or bir iyi gün yaşamadir?
or bir iyi gün yaşamak var?
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 09:53 am |
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bir iyi gun olmak canli hehe my try!
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 10:20 am |
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my attempt...
bir iyi gün hayatta olmak için
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 11:03 am |
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Quoting gezbelle: my attempt...
bir iyi gün hayatta olmak için |
Hayatta olmak için iyi bir gün.
Your attempt was good, I just changed the word order a bit 
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 11:10 am |
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'hareketli olmak için iyi bir gün' or 'canlı olmak için iyi bir gün'
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 08:39 pm |
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Is 'için' --'so as to', 'so' (per my dictionary) always used with almak ?
what other uses has icin or almak icin?
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 08:59 pm |
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Quoting TeresaJana: Is 'için' --'so as to', 'so' (per my dictionary) always used with almak ?
what other uses has icin or almak icin?
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Dictionary definitions can be inadequate, especially for "icin". "Icin" is a postposition, meaning that it comes AFTER the word it modifies. It can connotate "for", "for the purpose of", or "because".
One example is a Advirtiisement for AKBANK. It fininishes with:
"T üriye Icin" (FOR TURKEY)
(Taking a chance with Turkish)
Seni geçtin icin, Biz çikdik. (or maybe)
Seni geç geldiginiz icin, Biz çikdik.
Because you were late, we left.
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 09:32 pm |
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Quoting longinotti1:
Seni geçtin icin, Biz çikdik. (or maybe)
Seni geç geldiginiz icin, Biz çikdik.
Because you were late, we left. |
I'm not sure if için is the best word to use with the first one:
Çıktık, (çünkü) geç kaldın (2nd pers. sing.)
Second one:
(Sizin) geç kaldığınız için, (biz) çıktık. (2nd pers. pl.)
(Senin) geç kaldığın için, (biz) çıktık. (2st pers. sing.)
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 09:35 pm |
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thanks for your explanation of icin.
but i find the english meaning of the sentence
"It's a good day to be alive" to mean...because of the day it's good to be alive or
and I find the sentence translated to turkish
"Hareketli olmak icin iyi bir gun" to change the meaning to...because of being alive it is a good day. haha
petty difference but a difference afterall
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30 Mar 2007 Fri 10:13 pm |
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Quoting TeresaJana: thanks for your explanation of icin.
but i find the english meaning of the sentence
"It's a good day to be alive" to mean...because of the day it's good to be alive or
and I find the sentence translated to turkish
"Hareketli olmak icin iyi bir gun" to change the meaning to...because of being alive it is a good day. haha
petty difference but a difference afterall[/QUOTE
Translations almost always have such differences. I invited the others to suggest "Turkish" ways to express that thought. Especially, the various ways to say "life".
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