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words for ´old´
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10.       zeytinne
596 posts
 01 Jul 2010 Thu 08:56 pm

İ saw there is "genç kıvrım dağlar"

11.       lady in red
6947 posts
 01 Jul 2010 Thu 09:41 pm

 

Quoting dilliduduk

by the way what is genç dağlar?

 

 

Genç dağ = bir tepe      lol

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12.       scalpel
1472 posts
 04 Jul 2010 Sun 03:45 am

 

Quoting dilliduduk

 

 

yes but you should stress that these are exceptions

you cannot just say yaşlı/genç for any object

 

it does NOT fit to many things

yaşlı bir elbise giymişsin!

evlerindeki genç halılar çok güzeldi!

 

by the way what is genç dağlar?

 

 

 What I said was "There is no strict rule saying "genç/yaşlı" is used for persons only"

 It was an answer to the question in the first post.

It seems you didn´t bother reading the opening post of the thread:

Quoting maryilyons

When describing things or people that are old, is yaşlı used only for people and eski only for things? What is the difference between yaşlı and eski?  

Thanks in advance

It is clear that you didn´t even bother reading the following posts:

Quoting deli

I think thats correct{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

...

Quoting henry

You are correct.

Yaşlı is used only with people (or things that are alive, like animals)

Eski is used only with objects (on non-living things)

 

 

As for ´genç dağlar´:

Old fold mountains are characterized by having stopped growing higher due to the cessation of upward thrust caused by the stopping of movement of the tectonic plates in the Earth´s crust below them. In ancient times they were extremely high but since have worn down almost completely by millions of years of weathering. In stark contrast Himalayas are continuously rising young fold mountains of today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravalli_Range

The growth process is still going on. On a geological timescale the Alps are a young mountain range, still developing: the Alps gain about one millimetre (0.04 ") in height every year. One can recognize a young mountain range by its high and roughly shaped tops.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090129050917AA6AkFw

You don´t have to thank me for this. It makes me happy to teach someone and it is cool when they learn something.Wink

 



Edited (7/4/2010) by scalpel [bolding some part of text]

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13.       Henry
2604 posts
 04 Jul 2010 Sun 04:35 am

My thanks to Scalpel, Marion and the Dilliduduk for pointing out that the words for old are not used exclusively. Smile

14.       dilliduduk
1551 posts
 04 Jul 2010 Sun 08:04 pm

 

Quoting scalpel

 

 

...

Quoting henry

You are correct.

Yaşlı is used only with people (or things that are alive, like animals)

Eski is used only with objects (on non-living things)

 

 

As for ´genç dağlar´:

Old fold mountains are characterized by having stopped growing higher due to the cessation of upward thrust caused by the stopping of movement of the tectonic plates in the Earth´s crust below them. In ancient times they were extremely high but since have worn down almost completely by millions of years of weathering. In stark contrast Himalayas are continuously rising young fold mountains of today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravalli_Range

The growth process is still going on. On a geological timescale the Alps are a young mountain range, still developing: the Alps gain about one millimetre (0.04 ") in height every year. One can recognize a young mountain range by its high and roughly shaped tops.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090129050917AA6AkFw

You don´t have to thank me for this. It makes me happy to teach someone and it is cool when they learn something.Wink

 

I DID read all the posts , thank you!

What I intended was to avoid misunderstandings! Since you did NOT say there can be exceptional situations, I added that these are exceptions and one cannot say yaşlı or genç for any object.

 

And thank you for explaining genç dağlar, I have not heard about it.

 

It makes me happy to make things clear.

 

15.       scalpel
1472 posts
 05 Jul 2010 Mon 05:03 pm

 

Quoting dilliduduk

 

I DID read all the posts , thank you!

What I intended was to avoid misunderstandings! Since you did NOT say there can be exceptional situations, I added that these are exceptions and one cannot say yaşlı or genç for any object.

 

And thank you for explaining genç dağlar, I have not heard about it.

 

It makes me happy to make things clear.

 

 

I am sure your intention was as noble as to avoid misunderstandings!I know that feeling.Wink but I can´t see how it could avoid misunderstandings Smile

You say making things clear makes you happy, but you don´t "make things clear". Or do you think saying "there can be exceptional situations" was enough to make it clear?

Let me make it clear then:

genç/yaşlı is not only for persons but also for living things and non-living things behaving like living beings.

You can say genç devlet, for example, genç cumhuriyet, genç ülke, yaşlı bina, yaşlı kıta,  yaşlı araba, yaşlı dünya, yaşlı tortullar, genç oluşumlar, genç katmanlar, genç Türk televizyonu, genç uçak filosu,  etc.

See you next time

 

 

 

 

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