Herkese merhaba

We have been invited to a wedding here in Lefkoþa and I believe money is given as a present, how much would be a reasonable amount? They are more acquaintances than close friends but I don´t want to appear mean or be too over the top either. Any advice would be gratefully received.

þimdiden teþekkürler

Herkese merhaba

We have been invited to a wedding here in Lefkoþa and I believe money is given as a present, how much would be a reasonable amount? They are more acquaintances than close friends but I don´t want to appear mean or be too over the top either. Any advice would be gratefully received.

þimdiden teþekkürler

Thanks ´Alex´ I´m really looking forward to this, it´s the first Turkish wedding I´ve been to

  raindrops, don´t think there will be much on the menu or that we will be rolling home like this either

 We gave more than 50YTL

Maybe i am too mean if 200 people gave 50 TL it would be 10.000 TL  totally not bad eh?

Maybe i am too mean if 200 people gave 50 TL it would be 10.000 TL  totally not bad eh?

A better deal than many a contestant on ´Var mýsýn, yok mýsýn´ gets!  

hahahah yes but you dont lose your freedom after contest...unlike wedding

 Hehe!   NO !!!!! We were far too generous, especially when no can see what you put into the bag   I´d say it was a good days work, worth getting married for???

worth getting married? you spend at least 20.000 TL to be able to get married in Turkey. there are tooooooooooo many consuetudes that both families forces you to do :S

 Either 50 TL or a " çeyrek altýn"  would be enough if he is not a close frien.

 For the sake of AE, you need to explain what a "frien" is..

 For the sake of AE, you need to explain what a "frien" is..

I did want to ask Alex what ´consuetudes´ are.  Not trying to pick him up on his English but I´m sure he must have meant something else.  

I did want to ask Alex what ´consuetudes´ are.  Not trying to pick him up on his English but I´m sure he must have meant something else.  

well i thought consuetude  means something like custom or tradition. was i wrong?

 For the sake of AE, you need to explain what a "frien" is..

Frien is those who never call you in your bad times but still expect to be called "friend" and expect you to give them money in their weddings. they can never be a proper "friend" Therefoe i removed "d".

Did you miss my apologetic post above??  

Frien is those who never call you in your bad times but still expect to be called "friend" and expect you to give them money in their weddings. they can never be a proper "friend" Therefoe i removed "d".

What is 50tl in american money..I dont know....thank you

Humblest apologies to Alex   - I looked ´consuetude´ up in the English dictionary and apparently it means ´custom´.  However, I never heard this word used before in my entire life!  Just goes to show you learn something new every day!

A Turk teaching the Brits English - love it!

 Is Alex a Turk?

 Ask LIR - she knows!

I would like to teach some English to  the Brits too :

Present simple - common mistakes

Common mistake

I working in London.

Correct version

I work in London.

Why?

The gerund ing form is not used in the present simple.

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And I wont accept less buttering up than earlier one...  

  lucky im not Brits , but thank you for lesson

I can honestly say I have NEVER heard any English person use this phrase! 

"I working in London"???  Never.

I doubt the educational standard/ethnic origin of the kind of people you chat to theH

PS Awwwwwwwww jealous of the buttering up?