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1.       Janette1169
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 05 Sep 2008 Fri 01:51 pm

I know a turkish sentence is in the order of subject, object and verb. If you are using a day of the week or month in a sentence, are they used first as a subject ???

2.       CANLI
5084 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 02:03 pm

 Yes you can use them first like

 

Bugün işe gidiyorum...today im going to work

 

But Turkish language is flexible

So also you can say,

 

İşe bugün gidiyorum

İt depends on what do you want to make the stress on

3.       lady in red
6947 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 02:35 pm

If you are using a day of the week or month in a sentence, are they used first as a subject ???Quoting CANLI

 Yes you can use them first like

 

Bugün işe gidiyorum...today im going to work

 

But Turkish language is flexible

So also you can say,

 

İşe bugün gidiyorum

İt depends on what do you want to make the stress on

 

But this doesn´t make ´bugün´ the subject of the sentence - the subject is still ´I´.

 

4.       mltm
3690 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 02:58 pm

If a day or a month is the subject of the sentence, why would they be excluded from the rule? If they are the subject, they´ll come before the verb.

5.       lady in red
6947 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 03:28 pm

 

Quoting mltm

If a day or a month is the subject of the sentence, why would they be excluded from the rule? If they are the subject, they´ll come before the verb.

 

 I was referring to the sentence ´Bugün işe gidiyorum´ - in that sentence ´bugün´ is not the subject.

6.       CANLI
5084 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 03:53 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

 

But this doesn´t make ´bugün´ the subject of the sentence - the subject is still ´I´.

 

 

Yes,i didnt say it makes it the subject,i said,it can come at first .

Btw:why my post is shaded and how ! {#lang_emotions_confused}

7.       lady in red
6947 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 04:04 pm

 

Quoting CANLI

Yes,i didnt say it makes it the subject,i said,it can come at first .

Btw:why my post is shaded and how !{#lang_emotions_confused}    

 

I know - I was answering mltm´s post

No idea why your post is shaded - I was wondering the same thing!

8.       mltm
3690 posts
 05 Sep 2008 Fri 11:53 pm

 

Quoting lady in red

 I was referring to the sentence ´Bugün işe gidiyorum´ - in that sentence ´bugün´ is not the subject.

 

 I was not referring to you. You are right. I said it to the asker, but I think I got the question wrong. I think he asks if it comes first, does it mean that it is a subject. No, as CANLI said, they can come first but as adverb.

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