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10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:02 pm |
falan is a strange word. In which context is it commonly used? Please give some examples
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10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:12 pm |
Falan is arabic, in arabic we use it when we dont wanan say a persons name , or were giving an example of something like falan we falan (a person and a person)
or falan told me that.......
or it could take the emaning of such and such etc etc
but i dont know how they use it in turkish...
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10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:45 pm |
We use that mean as well.
And also it used as "et cetera" informally.
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10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:49 pm |
We use that mean as well.
And also it used as "et cetera" informally.
Hmmm so you say like i want this this and faln falan?
U know we actually pronounce it mor like fulan than falan but its really close
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11 Oct 2008 Sat 08:47 pm |
We use that mean as well.
And also it used as "et cetera" informally.
For example we say, kitap falan aldým..
And also, it can be used combined with filan, as falan filan, and you can use it like blah blah:
Sonra konuþtuk falan filan, ve iþi tatlýya baðladýk.
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11 Oct 2008 Sat 09:18 pm |
falan pronoun (arabic origin)
1 . Söylenmesi istenmeyen veya gerekli görülmeyen bir özel adýn yerini tutan kelime, filan: "Bana "falan geldi, falan gitti" diye anlatmaya baþladý."- . |
2 . noun Cümlede belirtilen nesne veya nesnelerden sonra gelerek "ve benzerleri" anlamýnda kullanýlan bir söz: "Hiç heyecan falan göstermiyor."- Ö. Seyfettin. |
3 . adjective Tarih, yer, kiþi vb.nin önüne gelerek tekrarlanmak istenmeyen sözlerin yerine kullanýlan kelime: "Falan tarihte, falan yerde, falan kiþi ile gezerken sizi gördüm."- . |
falanca sýfat (adjective)
1 . Falan: "Falanca yerde, falanca gün."- . |
2 . pronoun Falan kimse: "Falanca geldi."- . |
falan filan noun
Önem verilmeyen, hafifsenen kimse, þey, filan falan, falan festekiz, falan feþmekân: "Ona kâðýt, kalem falan filan lazým."- . |
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12 Oct 2008 Sun 11:32 pm |
Falan...falan filan, vesaire vesaire, þey...ve....veya (ya da) ...belki...ama...þu ya da bu..., o ya da bu..., öyle ya da böyle..., þöyle ya da böyle..., yani..., bu demektir ki...öyle bir þey ki...diyeceðim þu ki..., oysa ki...,kaldý ki...laf olsun diye..., iyi de..., öyle olsun..., ha demiþ ha dememiþ..., ha olmuþ ha olmamýþ...vb.
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13 Oct 2008 Mon 07:42 pm |
I´d appreciate a short explanation! All synonyms for ´falan, filan´?? Obviously not. Please explain. We´re here to learn, not to be left with questions.....
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13 Oct 2008 Mon 08:28 pm |
Falan is like etc. (et cetera) in English
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13 Oct 2008 Mon 08:49 pm |
An example:
Pazardan ne aldýn?
Elma falan aldým.
What did you buy from the market? I bought apples and such (no need to explain them all, its just clear you probably bought mainly fruits)
Ãstanbul´da neler gezdiniz?
Ãstiklal Caddesi´ni falan gezdik
What did you (sight)see in Ãstanbul?
We walked around Istiklal Caddesi and such (and all the other things that tourist generally go to see in istanbul, other touristic sights)
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