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18 Jan 2006 Wed 06:16 pm |
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What is the best translation of "silly"???
As in "Floss, you are a silly dog!"
Would it be:
Floss, sen aptal bir köpeksin
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18 Jan 2006 Wed 06:37 pm |
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Quoting bod: What is the best translation of 'silly'???
As in 'Floss, you are a silly dog!'
Would it be:
Floss, sen aptal bir köpeksin |
Are you still talking in Turkish to your dog Bod? 
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18 Jan 2006 Wed 06:42 pm |
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aptal = dumb
I think "silly" would be better expressed as şımarık (=spoiled, irresponsible, uncooperative, unpleasantly defiant)
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18 Jan 2006 Wed 06:49 pm |
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Yes your translation is acceptable but it sounds to harsh to me compared to silly. Aptal is more like stupid. Silly, on the other hand is more friendly and funny.
I have seen moms calling their kids as "silly boy", or "silly girl". Maybe one of these would suit better:
sersem, ahmak, şapşal, budala, maskara
I would pick şapşal if I had to pick only one word.
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18 Jan 2006 Wed 07:12 pm |
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Quoting Lindaxxx: Are you still talking in Turkish to your dog Bod? |
Of course - it is the most practice that I get 
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