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Translation Practice - 2

bod
5999 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 04:39 pm

Here are the next batch of my attempts at translating the phrases from this excercise:

11 - Ben televizyon izliyorum.
"I am watching television."

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

13 - Yağmur yağıyor. Yağmuru seviyorum.
"It's raining. I like the rain."

14 - Yemek yemeye gidiyorum.
"I am going (to a place) to eat food."

15 - Londra buluşmasına geliyor musun?
"Do you want to meet me in London?"

16 - Bu sÃ¼t Ã§ok lezzetli. Bu sÃ¼tÃ¼ nereden aldın?
"This milk is very tasty. Where can I buy some?"

17 - Ben basketbol oynuyorum. Basketbolu seviyorum.
"I am playing basketball. I like basketball."

18 - Marketten domates ve patates aldım.
"You buy tomatoes and potatoes from the grocers."

19 - Ã‡ocuklar futbol oynuyorlar.
"Children are playing football."

20 - Futbol oynayan Ã§ocukları seyrediyorum.
"I am watching children play football."

The last one took ages as the dictionary couldn't find seyretmek from the present continuous tense seyrediyorum!!!

bod
5999 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:03 pm

Quoting bod:

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

I've had another go at this one!!!

"It hurts you to look away from the television."

mltm
3690 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:06 pm

Quoting bod:

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

I've had another go at this one!!!

"It hurts you to look away from the television."

hehe I think you'd better forget about this sentence or you'll get complexed.

Anyway it means: My eyes have hurt or ached because of looking at the television. (not sure about the english correctness) but here -tan is because of.

bod
5999 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:13 pm

Quoting mltm:

Quoting bod:

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

I've had another go at this one!!!

"It hurts you to look away from the television."

Ah!
I was thinking -tan was the ablative suffix and was used to mean 'coming from' something like:
ağaÃ§tan

Is it just implied that it is the eyes that hurt and not a general pain or ache???

"My eyes hurt because of looking at the television" would be better English. But we are more likely to say "watching television has made my eyes hurt." HTH

AlphaF
5677 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:23 pm

Quoting bod:

Here are the next batch of my attempts at translating the phrases from this excercise:

11 - Ben televizyon izliyorum.
"I am watching television."

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

13 - Yağmur yağıyor. Yağmuru seviyorum.
"It's raining. I like the rain."

14 - Yemek yemeye gidiyorum.
"I am going (to a place) to eat food."

15 - Londra buluşmasına geliyor musun?
"Do you want to meet me in London?"
ARE YOU COMING TO THE LONDON MEETING?

16 - Bu sÃ¼t Ã§ok lezzetli. Bu sÃ¼tÃ¼ nereden aldın?
"This milk is very tasty. Where can I buy some?"
THIS MILK IS VERY TASTY. WHER DID YOU GET IT FROM?

17 - Ben basketbol oynuyorum. Basketbolu seviyorum.
"I am playing basketball. I like basketball."

18 - Marketten domates ve patates aldım.
"You buy tomatoes and potatoes from the grocers."
I BOUGHT DOMATOS AND POTATOES FROM THE MARKET

19 - Ã‡ocuklar futbol oynuyorlar.
"Children are playing football."

20 - Futbol oynayan Ã§ocukları seyrediyorum.
"I am watching children play football."

The last one took ages as the dictionary couldn't find seyretmek from the present continuous tense seyrediyorum!!!

bod
5999 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:23 pm

Quoting bod:

Is it just implied that it is the eyes that hurt and not a general pain or ache???

Ah!
Just anmswered my own question

gÃ¶zlerim is "my eyes"
I was thinking it was a derivation from "gÃ¶zlemek" !!!

bod
5999 posts

07 Dec 2005 Wed 05:25 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

Quoting bod:

Here are the next batch of my attempts at translating the phrases from this excercise:

11 - Ben televizyon izliyorum.
"I am watching television."

12 - Televizyona bakmaktan gÃ¶zlerim ağrıdı.
Really struggling with this one!!!
The best I can come up with is:
"It hurts to wait to watch television."

13 - Yağmur yağıyor. Yağmuru seviyorum.
"It's raining. I like the rain."

14 - Yemek yemeye gidiyorum.
"I am going (to a place) to eat food."

15 - Londra buluşmasına geliyor musun?
"Do you want to meet me in London?"
ARE YOU COMING TO THE LONDON MEETING?

16 - Bu sÃ¼t Ã§ok lezzetli. Bu sÃ¼tÃ¼ nereden aldın?
"This milk is very tasty. Where can I buy some?"
THIS MILK IS VERY TASTY. WHER DID YOU GET IT FROM?

17 - Ben basketbol oynuyorum. Basketbolu seviyorum.
"I am playing basketball. I like basketball."

18 - Marketten domates ve patates aldım.
"You buy tomatoes and potatoes from the grocers."
I BOUGHT DOMATOS AND POTATOES FROM THE MARKET

19 - Ã‡ocuklar futbol oynuyorlar.
"Children are playing football."

20 - Futbol oynayan Ã§ocukları seyrediyorum.
"I am watching children play football."

The last one took ages as the dictionary couldn't find seyretmek from the present continuous tense seyrediyorum!!!

Did I get right all the ones that you have not added capitals after???