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Turkish phrases,common sayings and slang words
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22 May 2011 Sun 02:06 pm |
Parmakları yemek = [ literally "to eat fingers "] which means " it was so delicious that I ate my fingers" its a saying said after you eat something very delicios.
Yemek o kadar lezzetliydi ki parmaklarımı yedim------> The meal was so delicious that I ate my fingers.
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22 May 2011 Sun 02:10 pm |
On parmağında on marifet olmak = [ literary " to have 10 talents on his/her 10 fingers ] which means " to be very talented "
O kızın on parmağında on marifet var ------> She is a very talented girl.
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22 May 2011 Sun 02:17 pm |
kilo vermek = [to lose kilos ] to lose weight
zayıflamak = [to lose weight ] to get thinner
bir deri bir kemik kalmak = [ literary " to become skin and bone ] which means "to become extremly skinny.
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22 May 2011 Sun 02:24 pm |
Benim tarzım değil ----> it is not my style
Bu tişört benim tarzım değil ----> This t-shirt is not my style.
Benim tipim değil ------> He/She is not my type
O kafama göre birisi değil -----> He/She is not type of person I can get on with.
He/She is not type of person I can get along with.
Buz hokeyi bana göre değil ----> Ice hockey is not for me. [its not a thing that I can do,its something I cant do ]
Fransızca öğrenmek bana göre değil -----> Learning French is something I can not do.
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22 May 2011 Sun 02:34 pm |
O çok sakin birisi -----> He/She is very calm person.
O çok sessiz birisi -----> He/She is very quiet person.
Parmağında oynatmak --- > [ literary " to play someone on his/her finger] whiich means " to have a control over someone extremly ]
Tarık, Ayşe´yi parmağında oynatıyor ----> Tarık is controlling Ayşe alot, Tarık has so much control over Ayşe , Ayşe is doing everything what Tarık tells her to do.
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22 May 2011 Sun 03:36 pm |
Selam = Hi
Naber = whats up ? whats news ?
Nasıl gidiyor ? = How is it going ? , Hows things going ?
Halin keyfin nasıl ? = Hows your mood ? ,How are you ? , How are you keeping ?
[Hal = situation,mood,state Keyif = pleasure, state of mind, mood]
Elinize sağlık = Bon apatite !
thanks for these and the following posts - but surely ´bon appetit´ is ´afıyet olsun´ and ´elinize sağlık´ is what you say to someone who has - eg - prepared a nice meal for you?
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22 May 2011 Sun 04:34 pm |
thanks for these and the following posts - but surely ´bon appetit´ is ´afıyet olsun´ and ´elinize sağlık´ is what you say to someone who has - eg - prepared a nice meal for you?
thanks Adam, I missed that one..I mixed that one with "Elinize sağlık"
Yes Bon apetit means Afiyet olsun.
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22 May 2011 Sun 05:11 pm |
internete girmek = to go on internet
chat yapmak = to chat on internet
tatile çıkmak = to go on holiday
dolaşmak = to hang around, to walk around
Bugün kasabada dolaştım-----> I hanged around [walked around ] in the town today.
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22 May 2011 Sun 05:18 pm |
Bugün canım kebap çekiyor = I fancy kebap today.
canı çekmek = to fancy
canı istemek = to fancy
Canım istiyor = I fancy
Canın istiyor = you fancy
Canı istiyor = he/she/it fancies
Canımız istiyor = we fancy
Canınız istiyor = you [plural] fancy
Canları istiyor = they fancy
Bugün canım sinemaya gitmek istiyor ------> I fancy to go to cinema today.
Edited (5/22/2011) by tunci
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22 May 2011 Sun 05:26 pm |
Boş boş oturmak = [ literally " to sit empy ´ ] which means " doing nothing,just sitting "
Evde boş boş oturacağına git çalış ----> Instead of sitting home doing nothing, go and work !
İsraf etmek = to waste
Zaman öldürmek = to kill time
Zamanını boşa geçirme ! = Dont waste your time. !
Zamanında gelmek = to come on time
Ali toplantılara hep zamanında gelir -----> Ali always comes to meetings on time.
Edited (5/22/2011) by tunci
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22 May 2011 Sun 05:34 pm |
gerçekten mi ? = Really ?
sahiden mi ? = Really ?
öyle mi ? = is that so ? Really ?
Vallaha mı = Really ?
Kaç doğumlusun ? ------> What year you were born ?
Eğitim durumun ne ? ------> What is your education ?
Ne mezunusun ? -----------> What is the final school you graduated from ?
Üniversite mezunuyum ------> I am university graduate.
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