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küçük or ufak?
1.       bod
5999 posts
 09 Jan 2006 Mon 12:06 am

When are küçük and ufak used?
Is there a difference between them?

2.       erdinc
2151 posts
 09 Jan 2006 Mon 05:53 am

Küçük is much more common in fact right now I cant thing of an example where ufak can't be replaced with küçük.

3.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 09 Jan 2006 Mon 11:42 am

"küçük" can generally convey only a comperative, sometimes vague description.

you can say "an anchovy is a küçük fish", I will know it is smaller than most common fish. But that will not really give me an idea what size an anchovy can be, unless you offer further assistance.

If however, you tell me "an anchovy is an ufak fish", I would imagine anchovy as one that I can hold in my palm.

A CADDY IS "KÜÇÜK", COMPARED TO A TRAILER; BUT IT IS BY NO MEANS "UFAK".

4.       salukvadze
82 posts
 11 Jan 2006 Wed 11:59 am

5.       bod
5999 posts
 11 Jan 2006 Wed 02:44 pm

Interestingly I have just been reading the section on diminutives in "Turkish Grammar" and, as an example, it translates these two words as:

küçük - small
ufak - tiny

That seems to make sense

Saat bire yirmi iki var (12:38)

6.       erdinc
2151 posts
 11 Jan 2006 Wed 06:11 pm

Quoting bod:


küçük - small
ufak - tiny
Saat bire yirmi iki var (12:38)



These are good translations.

You could also say "saat on ikiyi otuz sekiz geçiyor".

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