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\"To\" or \"for\" in turkish
1.       kine
8 posts
 13 Sep 2011 Tue 10:58 pm

Hi! Can anyone tell me how to use "to" in turkish? I mean for example on a greeting card "to Memet, from Anne", and "to my love" or "a gift for my love". Would it be correct to use -için?

Thanks in advance

2.       tunci
7149 posts
 13 Sep 2011 Tue 11:10 pm

 

Quoting kine

Hi! Can anyone tell me how to use "to" in turkish? I mean for example on a greeting card "to Memet, from Anne", and "to my love" or "a gift for my love". Would it be correct to use -için?

Thanks in advance

 

 First of all, I"d like to say Turkish can be quite flexible for some statements. But also very strict for some forms. For your examples the "to" is " e or a".

Mehmet´e ---> to Mehmet

Anne´den Mehmet´e ---? From Anne to Mehmet

Aşkıma --> To my love

 

for the last word we can use "için" or "a" ]

Aşkım için bir hediye ---> a gift for My love

Aşkıma bir hediye -------> a gift for My love

 

Note : choose "a" or "e" according to vowel harmony.

 

3.       kine
8 posts
 14 Sep 2011 Wed 09:28 am

Teşekkürler!

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