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one meaning have many words
1.       nifrtity
1807 posts
 13 Nov 2009 Fri 11:22 pm

Merhaba,

why the word person in turkish have manywords like

kimse,isi ,birisi,birişi

and what is the different uses of this word or when i can use kimse and the other words above

2.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 21 Nov 2009 Sat 06:21 pm

"Kimse" means "anybody" and "nobody"

 

Partiye kimse gelmedi.

"Nobody came to party."

 

Kimse onu görmedi.

"Anybody did not see him."

 

Birisi, means "someone"

 

Birisi geldi.

Someone came

 

But I´m not sure about what you have wanted to ask by "isi" and "birişi" ?

3.       nifrtity
1807 posts
 24 Nov 2009 Tue 06:52 pm

 

Quoting turkishcobra

"Kimse" means "anybody" and "nobody"

 

Partiye kimse gelmedi.

"Nobody came to party."

 

Kimse onu görmedi.

"Anybody did not see him."

 

Birisi, means "someone"

 

Birisi geldi.

Someone came

 

But I´m not sure about what you have wanted to ask by "isi" and "birişi" ?

 

 Çok teşkkürler

4.       tccio
45 posts
 24 Nov 2009 Tue 10:39 pm

kişi is kimse too.

5.       turkishcobra
607 posts
 24 Nov 2009 Tue 10:52 pm

 

Quoting tccio

kişi is kimse too.

 

 

Not always.

 

"Kişi" is talking about a "living person". "Kimse" is used to tell about when there isn´t anybody/there is nobody around the surroundings.

 

"Kimse" can only become "kişi" at one condition:

 

Her kimse (whoever, if who): Herhangi bir kişi. (Any person)

 

Herhangi bir kimse (somebody): Bilinmeyen bir kişi. (Unkown person)

 

Note: Kim + ise structure is exception and it doesn´t have a connection with this.

 

thx

turkishcobra //

6.       sonunda
5004 posts
 24 Nov 2009 Tue 11:01 pm

Kimse onu görmedi.

"Anybody did not see him."

 

 

 

In English we wouldn´t say this.

We´d say ´nobody saw him´

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