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1.       Ameise
3 posts
 30 Jul 2009 Thu 02:24 pm

How similar is turkish to arabic? do they share any words?

i´d like to learn both and i´m just curious to know... 

tsk Big smile

2.       ZulfuLivaneli
1200 posts
 30 Jul 2009 Thu 02:30 pm

As far I know words that don´t have vowel harmony (fakir, kitap) and/or double consonants (dükkan), or double vowels  (þiir), could most likely be classified as from arab origin

 

The most commonly used word I encountered was yani (in other words), which in arabic is pronounced

exactly the same (  يعني  having a meaning of: ´it means´ 

 



Edited (7/30/2009) by ZulfuLivaneli

3.       Henry
2604 posts
 30 Jul 2009 Thu 02:40 pm

As a learner, I agree with ZL that a lot of words with double vowels, and no vowel harmony have a Persian or Arabic background, but the languages are different.

Click this for more opinions

Turkish / Arabic languages

 

4.       Ameise
3 posts
 30 Jul 2009 Thu 03:08 pm

thank u sooo much guys! Flowers

5.       Sekerleme
159 posts
 20 Aug 2009 Thu 09:55 pm

I want to say something.. It´s many accents in the arabic language example in the iraqi-accent there are many turkish words which is not in the real arabic.. so turkish people can understand Iraqi-speaking human better than a lebanese-speaking human.

6.       Iceheart_Omnis
106 posts
 20 Aug 2009 Thu 10:49 pm

Hmm... an Iraqi-Arabic speaking human.

 

I wonder how is it for Turks to understand Iraqi non-humans like cats, dogs or terrorists

7.       upsy_daisy
200 posts
 21 Aug 2009 Fri 12:07 am

 

Quoting Iceheart_Omnis

Hmm... an Iraqi-Arabic speaking human.

 

I wonder how is it for Turks to understand Iraqi non-humans like cats, dogs or terrorists

 

I wonder how could you put cats and dogs into the same category as terrorists!Confused

8.       Iceheart_Omnis
106 posts
 21 Aug 2009 Fri 12:15 am

They all belong to the non-human category that´s a scientific fact, you can however subdivide them into fluffy and cute non-humans and crazy explosive non-humans

9.       Sekerleme
159 posts
 23 Aug 2009 Sun 11:47 am

 

Quoting Iceheart_Omnis

Hmm... an Iraqi-Arabic speaking human.

 

I wonder how is it for Turks to understand Iraqi non-humans like cats, dogs or terrorists

 

 Hahaha.. you understood what I wanted to say.. or? Big smile



Edited (8/23/2009) by Sekerleme

10.       CANLI
5084 posts
 23 Aug 2009 Sun 09:38 pm

 

Quoting Ameise

How similar is turkish to arabic? do they share any words?

i´d like to learn both and i´m just curious to know... 

tsk Big smile

 

 Many words in common, about 6000 arabic word in the Turkish vocabulary

Also many grammar concepts and rules in common, if you know Arabic it would be more easier for you to learn Turkish, and i assume its the same other way around as its same in Arabic too, many Turkish words and same for grammar.

There are some differences ´specially sentence order´ but when you understand  the concept, i guess/believe you can take a good grip of the language if you give it the enough time .

 

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