Anyone ideas?

but look at it this way, maybe he is really right and you`re wrong. don`t be so stubborn trudy.

Of course! How could I forget, Turks are ALWAYS right, even if they can´t say a three-word sentence without mistakes in MY language. Thanks, Tami, for reminding me this.

he really want to get attention to you... maybe he is your secret admirer...  hehehhe.. just ignore him the more you give attention the more he want to have attention..

Information (no translation!): I have a Turkish man of about 55 year in one of my classes. He speaks Dutch badly - therefor he is at school - and he is so very much stubborn! He sometimes refuses to correct his mistakes because he keeps telling me it is correct and he thinks he knows it all. Most I can handle that, but sometimes I get so fed up with this behaviour. Of course I can tell him to be silent, to stop (or just to shut up   ) but I like to have some ´witty´ remarks in Turkish to ´let him know his place´. I don´t want to be rude or insulting. Anyone ideas?

but as a teacher she must pay attention to his mistakes. its her job.

tell him "hatasýz kul olmaz"

 And that means?

you can`t understand a three-word sentence?

 Oh, all-knowing-teacher, enlighten me please again.

it means "I`m dyeing for you". you would want to tell it to your student for sure.

tell him "hatasýz kul olmaz"

 And that means?

Hatasiz kul olmaz = Nobody´s perfect

Apart from the  meaning it is a very well known arabesque song from Orhan Gencebay (first ever king of arabesque music in Turkey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnW8cvKY_Qs

Hatasiz kul olmaz = Nobody´s perfect

tell him "hatasýz kul olmaz"

This is brilliant actually..

Go with this one Trudy

It´s not really the message she wants to get across to this man - she´s trying to tell him he´s wrong and arrogant for believing he speaks her language better than she does.

i think ..i am a native speaker and you are not !!!!!! so shut up

might cover it

 It does. But it´s so impolite. I explained about 800 times and still ...... sigh!

 " benimle evlenir misin?"

 I only could read these words... and my answer is YES YES, of course dear Tami!

I don`t do any housework though, and I want a visa and a lap top

hem kel hem fodul

When will you arrive?

I`m not sure. it`s not so safe to fly to holland these days.

 The Netherlands (not Holland!!!) are safe!!!

hem kel hem fodul

tell me deli, who showed you my picture?  eh? 

ahahhaaa you got busted theH! it was deli for whom you took your clothes off on msn

I am suspecting it was aenigma passed the pictures..

I did not do anything with deli..

hmm so the Netherlands is safe but not Holland? wait I`m confused, where are we talking about?

I don`t want a netherlands visa. that sounds lame. I want a holland visa.

I think she was talking about me.

i didnt know you were learning dutch

ehm this thread is getting so confusing. garie was talking about me, not trudy! and it`s not holland, it`s the netherlands uber alles!

 Tami are you cheating on me with a dutch cloggie?

sorry ae! she pays, ehm loves, me alot.

ehm this thread is getting so confusing. garie was talking about me, not trudy! and it`s not holland, it`s the netherlands uber alles!

sorry ae! she pays, ehm loves, me alot.

oh pardon, i didnt know that you and garie knew each other to such extent

i didnt know that garie is she and trudy isnt holland and you were as stubborn as the man described by garie

don`t you know that I`m like "Yilmaz Bektas" to her?

 OMG!  But after all those words of love to me you posted here, how can you do this.....

I wish you a happy life with the msn pervert handsom.

tell me deli, who showed you my picture?  eh? 

hmm so the Netherlands is safe but not Holland? wait I`m confused, where are we talking about?

I don`t want a netherlands visa. that sounds lame. I want a holland visa.

Information (no translation!): I have a Turkish man of about 55 year in one of my classes. He speaks Dutch badly - therefor he is at school - and he is so very much stubborn! He sometimes refuses to correct his mistakes because he keeps telling me it is correct and he thinks he knows it all. Most I can handle that, but sometimes I get so fed up with this behaviour. Of course I can tell him to be silent, to stop (or just to shut up   ) but I like to have some ´witty´ remarks in Turkish to ´let him know his place´. I don´t want to be rude or insulting. Anyone ideas?

Information (no translation!): I have a Turkish man of about 55 year in one of my classes. He speaks Dutch badly - therefor he is at school - and he is so very much stubborn! He sometimes refuses to correct his mistakes because he keeps telling me it is correct and he thinks he knows it all. Most I can handle that, but sometimes I get so fed up with this behaviour. Of course I can tell him to be silent, to stop (or just to shut up   ) but I like to have some ´witty´ remarks in Turkish to ´let him know his place´. I don´t want to be rude or insulting. Anyone ideas?

 And Trudy, what made you think you would get a serious answer

There are many things you could say without being rude or obscene.

Seni çýtýr çýtýr yemek istiyorum is a good one.

Erkeðim benim hastayim sana is another.

Bana oyle bakma içim bir fena oluyor would also work wonders.

If you are really angry in the heat of the moment, you could catch him off guard by saying:

Beni kudurtma þahanem.

If he is still getting out of line:

Sen gene çok azdin bu aralar, azgin. Gel bakiim þöyle bir yanima.

Derste azanlara ne yaptiði mi bilirsin.

If the situation becomes unbearable:

Pull a really long & deep ´Aaayyyhhhh´ Ýçim yaniyor. Ben bir fena oldum. Dayanamiyorum sana boyle azdiðin zaman.

If it all fails, and this 55 year old Turkish student of yours keeps on disrespecting your authority, you could always don your dominatrix outfit and spank some sense into him to make him ´understand his place´.

Temel and Dursun were strolling down the street, when Trudy approached them to ask directions, She asked her question in English.

T&D had no clue, Trudy tried the same question in French.

No success again. Trudy was already asking the same question, this time in German,

When Italian, Dutch and Spanish also failed - Trudy was furious. She mumbled something indecent, in disgust and quickly departed to find someone who would understand her.

When she left, T turned to D and said "All this bulshit about the advantages of learning new and different languages ! Take this poor lady for example, she can obviously speak 10 languages, yet can she express herself ?...NO !"

 Great Alpha, never thought I would have a role in a Temel and Dursun story!

Lovely, this joke seems to be videspread!

Anyway, it reminds me a delicious sketch:

Do You Speak English?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fijBUeqiW0g

I think she was talking about me.

Update: the man was in class this afternoon and made some nasty racist remarks about African and Surinam people. I told him to stop but he continued. Then I really got angry and indeed said ´keep your mouth shut´. Next week his boss, he and I are having a ´nice´ conversation about his behaviour.....

 I take it he thinks Suriname is in Africa?    (My turn to correct spelling haha!)

 Is it spelt with an ´e´??

 Yes!  Used to be Surinam..............

Surinam is the English version and Suriname is the Dutch version............. just checked

 So....Trudy used the English spelling and you used the Dutch one?  

Update: the man was in class this afternoon and made some nasty racist remarks about African and Surinam people. I told him to stop but he continued. Then I really got angry and indeed said ´keep your mouth shut´. Next week his boss, he and I are having a ´nice´ conversation about his behaviour.....

get another job.

. At the age of 32, I still have to flash the badge from time to time just to get a six pack.