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10.       tamikidakika
1346 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:12 am

 

Quoting CANLI

 Ã dont think so..of course i may be mistaken!

Ý mean,if you want to say,i´m Turkish,you must add citizen or something...but you can say im Turk

Also arabic...must add something if you want to use,otherwise you should use Arab.

No?!

Ý think we need some confirming here

 

well, it`s better to say I`m a Turk instead of I`m Turk, cause It`s a noun. but yea I think this needs a clarification from a native speaker.

11.       lessluv
1052 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:19 am

 

Quoting tamikidakika

well, it`s better to say I`m a Turk instead of I`m Turk, cause It`s a noun. but yea I think this needs a clarification from a native speaker.

 

 I would say he is arabic rather than he is an arab ....

12.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:20 am

I always say ´I am THE Turk´, instead of ´I am a Turk´

13.       lessluv
1052 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:22 am

 

Quoting thehandsom

I always say ´I am THE dudu´, instead of ´I am a dudu´

 

 {#lang_emotions_razz}

14.       CANLI
5084 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:24 am

 

Quoting lessluv

 I would say he is arabic rather than he is an arab ....

 

 But arabic here is an adjective,not noun,still you can use it this way ?

15.       Henry
2604 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:31 am

 

Quoting tamikidakika

well, it`s better to say I`m a Turk instead of I`m Turk, cause It`s a noun. but yea I think this needs a clarification from a native speaker.

 

 As a ´native´ English speaker I agree with tamikidakika.

I´m a Turk is correct. (Not I´m Turk)

You can also say "I´m Turkish" and "I´m Arabian" or "I´m an Arab" (not I´m Arab).

You can say ´I´m psychic", so I think "I´m Arabic" is also acceptable English.

16.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:58 am

 

Quoting Henry

 As a ´native´ English speaker I agree with tamikidakika.

I´m a Turk is correct. (Not I´m Turk)

You can also say "I´m Turkish" and "I´m Arabian" or "I´m an Arab" (not I´m Arab).

You can say ´I´m psychic", so I think "I´m Arabic" is also acceptable English.

 

I must say that I am not entirely convinced with ´I am arabic´. You might be using it as a native speaker but I never heard of ´I am arabic´ but ´I am an arab´.

Dictionaries giving ´the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere´ for irish for example. And also turkish as ´Of or relating to Turkey or its peoples, languages, or cultures´ (some of them).

Maybe it is just easy and simpler to use in daily spoken  English.

17.       insallah
1277 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 04:14 am

It´s so strange how many aspects of your own language you just don´t consider till someone points it out to you 

 

I never really thought about it before, but yes we do not  make a distinction between the language and the nationality often.

 

I for example would never ask someone ..Are you a Turk ?, i would say, Are you Turkish ?.

 

I am spanish, I am german , I am arabic  etc etc

 

For some reason it sounds slightly rude to say..Are you an arab?, or are you a Turk ?...can´t explain why but it definitely is more polite to say Are you Turkish ?

18.       lessluv
1052 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 05:10 am

 

Quoting insallah

It´s so strange how many aspects of your own language you just don´t consider till someone points it out to you 

 

I never really thought about it before, but yes we do not  make a distinction between the language and the nationality often.

 

I for example would never ask someone ..Are you a Turk ?, i would say, Are you Turkish ?.

 

I am spanish, I am german , I am arabic  etc etc

 

For some reason it sounds slightly rude to say..Are you an arab?, or are you a Turk ?...can´t explain why but it definitely is more polite to say Are you Turkish ?

 

 I agree with this

 

now the question is..... do you say arabian or arabic?. I have a work colleague who calls herself arabic so this would be my point of reference

19.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 05:41 am

 

Quoting teaschip

Love this idea....would love to find my relatives..I bet you can´t guess what my heritage is?{#lang_emotions_lol_fast}

 

 I don´t if it´s such a good idea........You just might find out that you are related to some people here {#lang_emotions_scared}

 

 

20.       Trudy
7887 posts
 14 Jan 2009 Wed 07:55 am

 

Quoting girleegirl

 I don´t if it´s such a good idea........You just might find out that you are related to some people here {#lang_emotions_scared}

 

 Hey, are you my niece?

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