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please help with Turkish word for "a"
1.       peanut216
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 24 Jul 2011 Sun 01:11 am

I a trying to earn how to spell and construct Turkish words. Could someone please explain to me why 25 dollars a meter is "Metresi 25 dolar". I do not understand the meaning of the si at the end of metre. Another one is why is Four times a month "Ayda dört kere". Again I don´t understand the "da" at the and of ay.  One more before I go, why is there an i at the end of her şey in the sentence "Her şeyi daha temiz yapti."?   Thank you so much! I am sure I can bring you many more questions later.  {#emotions_dlg.confused}



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2.       Henry
2604 posts
 24 Jul 2011 Sun 03:28 am

 

Quoting peanut216

I a trying to earn how to spell and construct Turkish words. Could someone please explain to me why 25 dollars a meter is "Metresi 25 dolar". I do not understand the meaning of the si at the end of metre. Another one is why is Four times a month "Ayda dört kere". Again I don´t understand the "da" at the and of ay.  One more before I go, why is there an i at the end of her şey in the sentence "Her şeyi daha temiz yapti."?   Thank you so much! I am sure I can bring you many more questions later.  {#emotions_dlg.confused}

 

I am only a learner as well, but here is my attempt to explain.

Whenever you see a "si" suffix on the end of a noun it means it "belongs to" or is "owned" by the previous noun.

Onun kedisi = his/her cat

Ali´nin arabası = Ali´s car

There is a more extensive explanation when you click on here

But now you are thinking there is no noun preceding "metresi". We can assume that the missing noun is ´onun´ (his/her/its) . The material´s (its) metres (cost) is 25 dollars. 

The da/de/ta/te suffix means in/on/at.

Ay = month/moon

Ayda = in the month ( and also maybe on the moon!)

Ayda dört defa = Four times in the month.

See here and there for more details on static or locative suffixes

The ´i´ suffix at the end of her şey indicates that it is the object of the final verb.

It makes the noun a ´definite´ object of the verb.

Her şeyi daha temiz yaptı. He/she/it made everything cleaner (more clean)

Seni seviyorum. I love you.

Kitabı okuyorum. I am reading the book. (A specific book)

Kitap okuyorum. I am reading a book. (Any book, a book)

I am also sure you will have more questions now Smile 



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3.       caliptrix
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 26 Jul 2011 Tue 12:57 am

 

Quoting peanut216

I a trying to earn how to spell and construct Turkish words. Could someone please explain to me why 25 dollars a meter is "Metresi 25 dolar". I do not understand the meaning of the si at the end of metre. Another one is why is Four times a month "Ayda dört kere". Again I don´t understand the "da" at the and of ay.  One more before I go, why is there an i at the end of her şey in the sentence "Her şeyi daha temiz yapti."?   Thank you so much! I am sure I can bring you many more questions later.  {#emotions_dlg.confused}

 

If my words look like rude, sorry but your questions are like "why English sentences construct by Subject Verb Object(SVO) order and not in another order" etc. It is a rule, there is no reason about it.

4.       scalpel
1472 posts
 26 Jul 2011 Tue 01:53 am

Henry´s explanation is just great. 

5.       ercheksargo
12 posts
 22 Dec 2011 Thu 03:56 pm

 

Quoting peanut216

I a trying to earn how to spell and construct Turkish words. Could someone please explain to me why 25 dollars a meter is "Metresi 25 dolar". I do not understand the meaning of the si at the end of metre. Another one is why is Four times a month "Ayda dört kere". Again I don´t understand the "da" at the and of ay.  One more before I go, why is there an i at the end of her şey in the sentence "Her şeyi daha temiz yapti."?   Thank you so much! I am sure I can bring you many more questions later.  {#emotions_dlg.confused}

 Metresi 25 dolar.

-si is the accusative (direct object) form. (The ´s´ is a buffer letter here.) Literally it means something like "the meter belongs to/is possessed by/IS THE DIRECT OBJECT OF 25 dollars" 

 Ayda dört kere.

-da here means "in": Four times in a month.

    saat yedide = at seven o´clock

    burada = (in) here

    fabrikada = in the factory.

    evde = in the house, at home

Her şeyi daha temiz yapti. = He/she made everything cleaner (more clean).

 her şey = everything (nominative) - the form used if "everything" is the subject

 her şey-i = everything (accusative form) - the form used when "everything" is the

                 direct object, as in our example.

 Eg. telefon-u kulanıyor = he is using the telephone (direct object = accusative form)

 

 

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