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1.       doudi94
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 20 Aug 2008 Wed 12:45 am

ı ok now illa ska question but i think only arabic speakers will get me so calling all arabic speakers (or anyone who can get what im throwing at Now In turkish when there is a negative question and we wanna answer we either say evet or hayır right??(or am i wrong?) anyway in english there is only yes and no, in turkish there is evet, yok and hayır right? and in arabic theres yes, na´em and bala, so does bala=hayır? the truthis i dont even completely get what bala does,

would it be for ex:You didnt go to the movies?

"bala", i did.

would that be right? and then would it=hayir in turkish?

like for ex:Sen okula gitmiyor musun?

hayır, ben okula gidiyor

am i even right in that?

and in English i cant answer a negative question with another negative right? THIS IS GETTING VERY CONFUSING!!

help please!!

looks like i cant get any language!!

2.       CANLI
5084 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:15 am

 

 Actually you are confusing yourself and confusing me too

İn English,there is ....yes,and no

İn Turkish there is....Evet,hayır

İn Arabic there is.... Bala  which also means Na´an,and la

 

Yok doesnt mean no,it means does not exist

As var mean...exist

 

Like in saying do you have brother/sister ?

No,i dont have brother/sister

Yes,i have brother/sister

 

Kardeşin var mı ?

Hayır,kardeşim yok.

Evet,kardaşim var.

 

So here it can be translated as do you have...but its meaning is ´not exist´

No,my brother/sister do not exist

 

Ps:guys correct  the Turkish sentence if needed

3.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:18 am

doudi did you mean "bala" is an Egyptian word or do you mean the khaleeji (the gulf) word??? if it´s the khaleeji word then it´s "imbala", not bala.

imbala would mean yes . I think hayir is NO, or am I wrong?? cause I´m new to the turkish language, you are be better than me. 

4.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:21 am

would it be for ex:You didnt go to the movies?

"bala", i did.

your example is right for the use of imbala..

5.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:22 am

Canli 

i was wondering about mi, mu, are they used as the syrian one?

yani, when someone " you haven´t been to the movies, maa?

is it the same?? 

6.       CANLI
5084 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:23 am

What is imbala ?

Bla is بلى

 

Formal Arabic,neither Egyptian nor Haliji..

imbala ?

7.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:25 am

ok sorry  {#lang_emotions_lol_fast} 

it is what you wrote about bala, i thought doudi wrote بلاء

8.       CANLI
5084 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:27 am

 

Quoting wadjas

Canli 

i was wondering about mi, mu, are they used as the syrian one?

yani, when someone " you haven´t been to the movies, maa?

is it the same?? 

 

 Yes,i heard it in syrian also,they are close to Türkiye ,maybe thats why.

 

mI is interrogative,is the Turkish yes/no question tool,like do,is,have,...ect depends on the tense

But over all,its the yes/no question..

To form a question your answer maybe yes or no

ANd it also follow the vowel harmony rules

9.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:29 am

{#lang_emotions_confused}  sorry doudi for not getting you, but that´s how we say it in the gulf...

بلى was not in my mind at all 

10.       wadjas
22 posts
 20 Aug 2008 Wed 01:31 am

oooh now i get the mi thing, i was wondering about it

thanks

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