SO IS NO-ONE EVEN GOING TO HELP ME WITH ONE OF THE POSTS??? NOT EVEN ONE..??
SERIOUSLY, THIS WEBSITE IS BECOMING A DISGRACE... THE TITLE IS TURKISH CLASS IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULD MAINLY BE USING IT FOR LEARNING TURKISH, NOT MAINLY FOR OTHER TOPICS..
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON HERE WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE TR. TEACHERS AND THAT THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THE LANGUAGE..WHERE ARE THEY NOW HA??
WITH MY TR. I HAVE TRIED TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE AND I GET NOTING BACK FOR IT IS THAT IT??
I CANT BELIEVE IT, REALLY...
THANKS.....
MAYBE I SHOULD GO BACK TO SESLİSÖZLÃœK HA?

I am sure people will start replying soon. I am exhausted after writng a long posting in another thread. So, for this thread I have chosen five of your questions and tried to answered them below. I will continue later if I can find some time, and nobody replies for the other questions.

1.
the same site states that to say im meeting mehmet
it is: mehmed'i görüşÃ¼yorum

but, i really thought that it would be: mehmet'le (or ile) görüşÃ¼yorum and i could swear that iv heard this before???

which is the correct term??

ali: you are right, the second one is correct, the first is wrong.

2.whats the difference between:
-ken(the ending) and iken (the single word)??
can we use them only at certain times or does it make no difference?

ali: semnatically there is no difference.. the only difference is that you use -ken as a suffix, and iken as a seperate word, but in practice -ken is used more often.

e.g. gelir-ken = gelir iken

3. ing'ye gidecekken, tr'de kaldık
meaning:
instead of going to eng., we stayed in tr.

doğru mu??

ali: dogru..

4.dört gözle beklemek= cant wait for sth.

how used? please give example inc. full translation!


ali: translation is correct..
example: I can't wait for talking to you = seninle konusmayi dört gözle bekliyorum.

5.
sınavda kalmak=to fail an exam

sınavımda kaldım does this mean i failed my exam ?? if it does, and i was right.. im gonna feel a right salak coz maybe its obvious

ali: translation is correct. You can also say "sinavda kaldim" instead of "sinavimda kaldim", both of them are correct.

ALİCİMMMM.... thank you so much.. i love it when i can actaully feel myself learning like that... you are very kind ot help me out.. lets hope that some of the other TR speakers on here will follow in your footsteps
thanks again
k.i.b
ceyda

sizi bekliom hadi...

People seeem to get scared of too many questions following one another under the same thread, which is not known to the users of this site. Just to encourage them a little more, I attempted to reply another set of questions below. Hope this helps.

6. is it onu vurdum or ona vurdum ??
once again, i could have been sure that i heard both??
which is the correct one..??

ali: "vurmak" has two different major meanings. Both of the examples are correct but in each of them, the verb "vurmak" gets different meaning..

a) vurmak: to hit sth/sb
ona vurdum = i hit him/her.

b) vurmak: to shoot sth/sb
onu vurdum = I shot it/him/her.

7. please give me 3 examples inc. these 3 words and the translation:
* anlanmak
* anlatılmak
* yaptırılmak

also, does yapıldı mean done??.. i think so..?
does anlan mıydım? make sense? meaning: was i understood?
actually here, i think have i been understood would sound better, so let me have a go at that one...(u gotta tell me if its right or wrong okey?)..: anlanmıştım mı?

ali:
* anlanmak: this is lamost never used, instead, what you want to use is anlaşılmak which means "to be understood".
was the question understood? = soru anlasildi mi? = was the question clear?

* anlatılmak : to be told/explained
New rules of the game has been told/explained = Oyunun yeni kurallari anlatildi.

* yaptırılmak: a)to be built, or b)to be forced to do sth, to be made do sth
Two new hospitals have been built = Iki yeni hastane yaptirildi.
The students were made do their hws at the school = Ogrencilere odevleri okulda yaptirildi.

also, does yapıldı mean done??.. i think so..?
ali:correct.

does anlan mıydım? make sense? meaning: was i understood?
ali: anlaşıldım mı? is the oen you want to use as explained above.

i think have i been understood would sound better
ali: yes, better.

8.whats the difference between,

ali, pencereyi kapadı

&

ali, pencereyi kapattı


ahh.. the second one i wrong dmi?.. or is it not? :S

ali: the verb kapa-mak is informal form of the verb kapat-mak. So semantically both sentences are the same, but the fist one can also be seen as a dialect of Turkish specific to a particular region. I recommend you to use the second one.

9.tada bakmak= to have a taste of

does let me taste it translate to:
(onun)tadasına bakayım ???

ali: the first translation is correct but the phrase is "tadına bakmak". the second needs a small modification:
let me taste it = (onun)tadına bakayım.

In Turkish, ignoring some exceptional cases, two vowels do not come one after another. There should a consonant betweeen them.
Therefore, for words ending with a vowel, e.g., araba(=car), you put 's' to make it arabasi(his car).
However, if the word ends with a consonant, then you can directly add ı/i at the end, without an 's'.
example: tad --> tad-ı

10.rastlamak= to meet by chance

is this used with the -e ending? ie: birbirimize ?

ali: the translation is correct.
Dun okulda ona rastladim. (see o-na)
Birbirimize rastladik. (see birbirimiz-e)
Cocuklara rastladik. (cocuklar-a)

hi miss_c ,

i am the new member of this site.So when i tried to solve this site's formation,i met with your posts included your questions,then i would like to help you with gladness.

Now i am begining

hariç= except

so im guessing it would be ondan hariç yeah??

"i will answer all of your questions except third one."

"ücüncüsü haric butun sorularını cevaplayacagim"

"please send to us one sample for each item in your offer except item no. 23"

"lütfen bize 23 numaralı parça hariç teklifinizde gecen butun parcalardan birer tane numune gönderiniz."

And the other one of your questions..

geçinmek= to get by/ to get on
to get along with someone=have a good relations with someone

"my boss and i get along very well"

"ben ve patronum cok iyi geçiniyoruz(anlaşıyoruz)."

For the other meaning of "geçinmek" is "make a living"or "earn a living" that mean "geçimini sağlamak"

"A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman"

"usta,el işÃ§isi,geçimini el sanatıyla-işÃ§iliğiyle sağlayan kişidir."

"sansun's folks makes their living by fishery and commerce"

"samsun halkı geçimini balıkçılık ve ticaretle sağlar."


geçirmek= to spend time

"to spend time" is one of the meanings of "geçirmek" and the other one is "to carry or pass someone or something from somewhere to somewhere","to conduct"

"i spend my free times by meeting anyone in internet"

"boş zamanlarımı internette birileriyle tanışarak geçiririm"

selmancan and ali.. thank you so much for all your help... i appreciate it very much because you are helping me achieve one of my dreams in life, to learn turkish...
when all the questions have been all answered i will print all of your answers out and study them in depth, ensuring that i understand everything properly...
thanks again, süpersiniz... grçktn....

çakmak= to hammer/ to strike/ to cotton on to sth.

to hammer: To nail;To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows
çekiç veya benzeri bir aletle çivi veya benzeri şeyleri çakmak..

"you must hammer this nice painting onto the wall with nail because the pushpin is not enough to carry it"

"bu hoş tabloyu duvara çiviyle çakmalısın. çünkü raptiye onu taşımaz."

to strike:To touch or hit with some force

"Sinan ŞAmil struck his grand right to his nival's nose."

"sinan şamil muhteşem sağını rakibinin burnuna çaktı"

to cotton on : to understand

"i cotton on mathematic"

"ben matematikten anlıyorum(çakıyorum)

waow.. i have had quite a few replies now.. thanks so much... i really feel like im learning... once again, i just want to let u all know that ur help is REALLY appreciated... inşallah bi gün bnde türkçe öğrenenlere yardım edebilecem (thats right dmi? )