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06 Jun 2008 Fri 02:45 am |
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Quoting Iceheart_Omnis:
There is no such thing as a "Spanish V", Spanish lacks the V sound, V must be pronounced like B, this merger known as betacism has been present in Spanish since centuries ago.
Turkish V normally sounds like an English W, but somewhat lighter, from what I've seen it's very close to the Dutch W in fact. |
That depends on what dutch word though.. I would say it is even ligher than our W.
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06 Jun 2008 Fri 08:03 pm |
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It depends where in Turkey, and what part of society you come from.
My friend lives in Maltepe in Istanbul. One set of her neighbours say hawuç, the lady on the apartment on the other side says a definite v: havuç.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 01:21 am |
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temam
now if i am trying to learn the proper formal turkish istanbulian accent what shall the letter "v" sound like?
and what does "mu" or "mi" mean i know it is for question but what is its english or arabic translation?
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 01:44 am |
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Quoting Iceheart_Omnis: Quoting caliptrix: Quoting hedef: Merhaba
lütfen could you help me understand when the "v" letter in turkish is pronounced "w" in english? or is it always pronounced "v".
teşekkür ederim in advance |
I don't know if you are familiar to the Spanish "v". Some of my friends whose native language is Spanish, said that Turkish "v"s are generally like you pronounce nothing. Actually, it is not "nothing" for me but Turkish "v" is very light, as if it wasn't pronounced. I mean, v isn't pronounced strongly like "w" or "v" in English.
Even in chat messages, you can see that Turks write "eet" for "evet" (=yes). Because this "v" in evet is like it isn't pronounced. But sure it is there for a Turk and easy to hear it. |
There is no such thing as a "Spanish V", Spanish lacks the V sound, V must be pronounced like B, this merger known as betacism has been present in Spanish since centuries ago.
Turkish V normally sounds like an English W, but somewhat lighter, from what I've seen it's very close to the Dutch W in fact. |
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 01:33 pm |
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Quoting hedef:
and what does "mu" or "mi" mean i know it is for question but what is its english or arabic translation? |
It doesn't have a meaning. It is used in yes-no questions only to express that your sentence is a question. In Turkish, you cannot make a question sentence without a specific question word or suffix. In English or in many European languages, you can do that only by changing the accent in the sentence;
You are at home?
But in Turkish, almost never you can. You have to ask your question by putting the suitable question word or suffix. If your question has an answer "yes" or "no", you have to add this suffix;
Evde misin?
Without "mi", it (almost) never gives a meaning of a question:
Evdesin? << this type pf usage only asking by changing the accent can be acceptable in some Turkic languages like Azeri language. But indeed, not in Anatolian Turkish.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 08:34 pm |
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temam teşekkurler.
so answering a question containing mu or mi is always a "yes" or "no" question? mu?
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08 Jun 2008 Sun 12:30 am |
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Quoting Avalon: I totally disagree,there is no V sound in case of uneducated Spanish native speakers,those who are educated perfectly differentiate v and b sound..it also differs in Spanish dialects..Polish speakers have no problems with tURKISH AS THE PRONOUNCATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME BUT POLISH BELONGS TO THE MOST DIFFICULT LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD..WELL..ALL U CAN DO IS TO ENVY US... |
I am a native Spanish speaker, and pronouncing V as B in Spanish is the educated thing to do, however, some Catalans pronounce V and B differently since Catalan normally differentiates those sounds. Pronouncing V like V and not like B in Spanish is a vice known as hypercorrection.
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08 Jun 2008 Sun 01:08 am |
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Quoting Iceheart_Omnis: Quoting Avalon: I totally disagree,there is no V sound in case of uneducated Spanish native speakers,those who are educated perfectly differentiate v and b sound..it also differs in Spanish dialects..Polish speakers have no problems with tURKISH AS THE PRONOUNCATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME BUT POLISH BELONGS TO THE MOST DIFFICULT LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD..WELL..ALL U CAN DO IS TO ENVY US... |
I am a native Spanish speaker, and pronouncing V as B in Spanish is the educated thing to do, however, some Catalans pronounce V and B differently since Catalan normally differentiates those sounds. Pronouncing V like V and not like B in Spanish is a vice known as hypercorrection. |
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01 Jul 2008 Tue 12:47 am |
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when is the suffex "si " is added after a word?
for example "Bahce" is garden , but what does "buhcesi" means.?
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| 19. |
01 Jul 2008 Tue 12:50 am |
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Quoting hedef: when is the suffex "si " is added after a word?
for example "Bahce" is garden , but what does "buhcesi" means.? |
You mean bahçesi
Si is same like 's English
Ali'S Garden
Ali BahçeSİ
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| 20. |
01 Jul 2008 Tue 01:01 am |
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temam
çok teşekkurlar
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