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Some translation exercises for learners
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1.       Henry
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 30 Jan 2012 Mon 06:12 am

I have just started another Turkish course and thought I might post some basic exercises I was given, and then give my answers and any explanations

This exercise is about matching descriptions to pictures, but unfortunately I can´t show you the pictures.

İnceleyelim (let´s study)

1 Sarışın, sevimli bir kız. Yüzü çilli. Üzerinde çizgili bir tişört var. 

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2.       nifrtity
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 30 Jan 2012 Mon 06:49 am

 

Quoting Henry

I have just started another Turkish course and thought I might post some basic exercises I was given, and then give my answers and any explanations

This exercise is about matching descriptions to pictures, but unfortunately I can´t show you the pictures.

İnceleyelim (let´s study)

1 Sarışın, sevimli bir kız. Yüzü çilli. Üzerinde çizgili bir tişört var.

A girl is blond and cute. her face was speckled.
above the or (she dressed a T SHIRT)

MY TRY ,by using dictianry sometimes

 

3.       Henry
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 30 Jan 2012 Mon 06:51 am

Sarışın, sevimli bir kız.

A cute blonde girl.

That sentence had no verbs, it was just a description. Note the other adjectives precede the word ´bir´, so the meaning is ´a´. If ´bir´ was at the start (before the other adjectives), then the meaning would be ´one´. You can also recognise ´sarı´ (yellow) in the word for blonde.

Yüzü çilli.

Her face is freckled.

The possessive suffıx ´u´ tells us that the face belongs to someone, and from the previous sentence we can deduce it must be ´her´ face, because we saw ´girl´ written. The sentence could also be written as Onun yüzü çillidir and the meaning is identical. The ´dir´ suffix is often left off in daily usage, but still used on official signs. (.... yasaktır = it is forbidden to ....)  Çil means freckle with humans. Çil+ li (with) = with freckles, freckled

Üzerinde çizgili bir tişört var.

She has a striped t-shirt on top.

Var means there is/are but because the sentence is describing the same girl, we say she has. Çizgi means stripe. 

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4.       Henry
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 30 Jan 2012 Mon 06:56 am

2 Genç bir adam. Elleri arkasında yürüyor. Biraz düşünceli ve mutsuz görünüyor.



Edited (1/30/2012) by Henry [missing capital letter]

5.       Henry
2604 posts
 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:08 am

 

Quoting nifrtity

MY TRY ,by using dictianry sometimes

 

 

I need the dictionary too Smile 

Good attempt nifrtity, in English we use freckles for spots on the face

 

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6.       nifrtity
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 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:12 am

 

Quoting Henry

2 Genç bir adam. Elleri arkasında yürüyor. Biraz düşünceli ve mutsuz görünüyor.

A young man .His hands behind him when he was walking ,He was seems thoughtful and unhappy

 

 

7.       nifrtity
1809 posts
 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:13 am

 

Quoting Henry

 

 

I need the dictionary too Smile

Good attempt nifrtity, in English we use freckles for spots on the face

 

 

Thanks Henry

8.       nifrtity
1809 posts
 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:22 am

 

Quoting Henry

2 Genç bir adam. Elleri arkasında yürüyor. Biraz düşünceli ve mutsuz görünüyor.

 

A young man .His hands behind him when he was walking ,He was seems thoughtful and unhappy

9.       Henry
2604 posts
 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:26 am

my version

Genç bir adam.

A young man.

Elleri arkasında yürüyor.

He is walking with his hands behind his back.

Biraz düşünceli ve mutsuz görünüyor.

He seems a little worried and unhappy.

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10.       Henry
2604 posts
 30 Jan 2012 Mon 07:29 am

3 Takım elbiseli bir bey. O bıyıklı ve sakallı. Elinde bir şemsiye var.

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