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i don't understand why it's wrong... :-S
1.       bjk
166 posts
 29 Oct 2007 Mon 11:45 am

please someone explain! I want to say "are you working?" I thought it would be something along the lines are "işum mu?" But I doesnt look right...:-S And I've just been told it should be "sen çalışıyormusun"....why?:S

2.       maria/mesut
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 29 Oct 2007 Mon 11:56 am

Quoting bjk:

please someone explain! I want to say "are you working?" I thought it would be something along the lines are "işum mu?" But I doesnt look right...:-S And I've just been told it should be "sen çalışıyormusun"....why?:S




çalışmak is to work. Iş is not a verb, so you can not use it here.

işim would be "my work" and işum is not correct, according to the vowel harmony. (Someone correct me if i am wrong).

çalışiyor musun? is the correct way of asking "are you working?"

3.       bjk
166 posts
 29 Oct 2007 Mon 12:12 pm

hmm thanks that makes sense now being a bit r****ed as usual

4.       maria/mesut
479 posts
 29 Oct 2007 Mon 12:17 pm

No no
I have also made the same mistake before, as i thought iş was a verb too.. and could be used in different tenses

Good luck

5.       bjk
166 posts
 29 Oct 2007 Mon 04:17 pm

ahha now I feel less silly thanks again! You might have quite a few of these in teh near future, I'm thinking of really cracking on with learning!
bjk

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