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1.       bod
5999 posts
 07 Jun 2006 Wed 02:12 pm

My dictionary has several translations for dog.

Some make sense to me such as:
erkek kurt - dog fox

But what is the difference between köpek and it?

2.       impulse
298 posts
 07 Jun 2006 Wed 02:44 pm

Quoting bod:

My dictionary has several translations for dog.

Some make sense to me such as:
erkek kurt - dog fox

But what is the difference between köpek and it?



Infact they mean the same thing, DOG. But "it" is more rough. If you have a dog you say "Benim bir köpeğim var" NOT "Benim bir itim var". It somehow got a denigrating meaning. If you use for the dog it sounds like it denigrates the animal. If you say it to a person it's bad! Never use these words in this sense.

Both of the words have vulgar meanings.

If you can not understand the differnce use "köpek" NOT "it"

3.       bod
5999 posts
 07 Jun 2006 Wed 02:56 pm

Teşekkürler!

Can you give an example (non-vulgar) where it would be appropriate to use it ?

4.       duda
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 07 Jun 2006 Wed 04:28 pm

5.       impulse
298 posts
 07 Jun 2006 Wed 05:04 pm

Bod, duda is right in her point. "it" is used for the dogs on the streets that you don't like. That's cur. But I wouldn't use "it" to describe a cowardly person. A cowardly person is cowardly. One can not describe them with the word "it". "it" is more likely has a vulgar, corse or low meaning. That word runs down the character or other qualities of a person and denigrates them. It's a blue streak kind of word. Nobody would like to be compared with a dog. Right? All those qualities are also same for the word "köpek" but the cur.

"it" is an insult word for the rough males. This word is also used to describe that a place is so dirty.

Examples to the usage;

1- Bugün it gibi çalıştım : Today I worked like a dog / Today I worked very hard.

2-it canlı : the one who tolerates any kind of trouble.

3-it derneği : the place where bandits take shelter and where is so dirty.

4-it kopuk : vulgar, worthless, impolite people.

All of these are slang. There isn't a phrase or a sentence that "it" is used as non-slangy. There are some other phrases for "it". Some are very bad phrases that's why I am not writing them here.

That's too much explanation for "it". Yea? hehe

6.       bod
5999 posts
 07 Jun 2006 Wed 05:30 pm

Thanks!

But my question was not about when you would use it to describe people - it was when would you user it and not köpek to describe a dog (the four legged furry things!)

Although I think I get the idea of the difference lol

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