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şöyle öyle böyle....
1.       sevdim89
38 posts 		 10 Jan 2008 Thu 05:30 pm

şÃ¶yle öyle böyle

can someone please tell me the difference between them and give me examples of WHEN i should use each one?

2.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts 		 10 Jan 2008 Thu 06:04 pm

Quoting sevdim89:

şÃ¶yle öyle böyle

can someone please tell me the difference between them and give me examples of WHEN i should use each one?



The derive from:

Bu: this one
Şu: this one (a bit further away from bu)
O: that one

Böyle: Like this

So, if you are showing someone how to stand to hit the ball in tennis: "Böyle dur"

ŞÃ¶yle: Like this.

A native speaker needs to give the subtle difference between söyle and böyle.

Öyle: Like that.

So, to say don't do it like that: Öyle yapma

There is an idiom "söyle böyle" which means so-so. Often used as a reply to "Nasılsın"

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