morUk sen ne anlat..yosun bole surekl.. ya he?anlam..yoz sen..;!!

Old man what are you talking continuously like that, huh? We can't understand you!

Ayla I think It's not that offensive.

"Moruk, sen ne anlatiyosun bole surekli, ya hec anlamiyoz seni"

Or,

"Moruk, sen ne anlatiyorsun surekli boyle ya, hic anlamiyoruz seni."

My try:

Buddy, you keep talking about something, but we can't understand you at all.

so "moruk" is a friendly thing to say? ok!

Yes;

"Naber moruk?"

"What's up doc?"

The dictionary on this Turkish Class site says:

MORUK

slang
1. old man; dotard.
2. father, old man.


In English I wouldn't want to be called a dotard. It implies being past it - a bit like getting alzheimers.
Maybe we should get the dictionary changed???

Moruk is an offensive term for old people, but in this particular case, Moruk means "Fellow", or "Buddy."

Thanks ! I am learning a lot here ...))

MORUK is not a nice word in any context. I am yet to see anyone decent, who would not object to his own father being called moruk by others.

Here some examples of the usage of "Moruk" as "Buddy."


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22naber+moruk%22&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22moruk+bug%C3%BCn%22&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22%C3%A7ak+moruk%22&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22ya+moruk%22&btnG=Search

I think it is very rude thing which is said to old people.

On the other hand, only a few young people (which I have never meet by person) use it as "buddy/man". Non of my friends from any type family/envirovement use that word. I only see them on tvs.

I think this is similar to American Hip-hop slangs. Offensive terms and irrelavant words are used for everything thesedays as long as they sound silly and ridiculous.

I just remember now, the word "Haci" or "hacim". Not offensive one, but irrelevant one.

"Naber haci?"

Moruk is a very tricky word in this case of course. Extremely offensive word is used as "Buddy."