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10.       tunci
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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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11.       tunci
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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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12.       tunci
7149 posts
 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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13.       tunci
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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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14.       tunci
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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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15.       Adam25
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 22 May 2011 Sun 03:36 pm

 

Quoting tunci

 

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?

16.       tunci
7149 posts
 22 May 2011 Sun 04:34 pm

 

Quoting Adam25

 

 

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.

 

17.       tunci
7149 posts
 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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18.       tunci
7149 posts
 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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19.       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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20.       tunci
7149 posts
 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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