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1.       ZulfuLivaneli
1200 posts
 10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:02 pm

falan is a strange word. In which context is it commonly used? Please give some examples

2.       doudi94
845 posts
 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...

3.       Faruk
1607 posts
 10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:45 pm

We use that mean as well.

 

And also it used as "et cetera" informally.

 

4.       doudi94
845 posts
 10 Oct 2008 Fri 11:49 pm

 

Quoting Faruk

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

5.       Merih
933 posts
 11 Oct 2008 Sat 08:47 pm

 

Quoting Faruk

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.

 

 

6.       mltm
3690 posts
 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."- .

7.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 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.

8.       ZulfuLivaneli
1200 posts
 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.....

9.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 13 Oct 2008 Mon 08:28 pm

Falan is like etc. (et cetera) in English

10.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 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)

 

Ýstanbul´da neler gezdiniz?

Ýstiklal Caddesi´ni falan gezdik

 

What did you (sight)see in Ýstanbul?

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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