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Hey everyone, Let us look for our relatives together
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:12 am |
à dont think so..of course i may be mistaken!
à 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?!
à 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.
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:19 am |
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 ....
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:20 am |
I always say ´I am THE Turk´, instead of ´I am a Turk´
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:22 am |
I always say ´I am THE dudu´, instead of ´I am a dudu´
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:24 am |
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 ?
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:31 am |
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.
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 03:58 am |
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.
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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 ?
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 05:10 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 ?
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
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 05:41 am |
Love this idea....would love to find my relatives..I bet you can´t guess what my heritage is?
I don´t if it´s such a good idea........You just might find out that you are related to some people here
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14 Jan 2009 Wed 07:55 am |
I don´t if it´s such a good idea........You just might find out that you are related to some people here
Hey, are you my niece?
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