Hello dear all

I need help in translating a message I want to send to my aunt in Istanbul...This is my try...Corrections needed please. Thanks in advance

Sevgili teyzecim, Nasilsinin? Ne zaman Bagdat a geleceksiniz? Maelsef istanbulda seni gormedim . Seni cok ozledim. Hedef

Two words will be better: "nasılsın" and "malesef"

I think it is good. Understandable for native Turkish people.

 Thank you very much caliptrix for your promt responce. I made the corrections you adviced and sent the message. thanks again

Sevgili  teyzeciğim. Nasılsın[ız] ? Ne zaman Bağdat´a geleceksin[iz] ? Maalesef İstanbul´da seni [sizi] görme fırsatım olmadı. Seni [sizi] çok özledim.

 Tunci, could you tell me why you said "görme" and not "görmek"?

Thanks,

Good question,

it is because the verb [to see] "görmek" altered into the verb-like noun [verbal-seeing]  , and it is acting as noun in possesive construction.

Maalesef İstanbul´da seni [sizi] görme fırsatım olmadı

literally ;

seni [you] +  görme [seeing] + fırsat [chance,opportunity] + ım [my]

my chance [opportunity] of seeing you

seni [you] +  görme [seeing] + fırsat [chance,opportunity] + ım [my] +olmadı

there was not my chance [opportunity] of seeing you

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in other words ;

I did not have chance [opportunity] to see [ing] you.

Unfortunately, I did not have chance [opportunity] to see [ing] you in Istanbul [while I was in Istanbul].

Yes i remember once i read here in the forums a topic talking about using

"verb stem+me" without meaning negative but i couldn´t get it at that time. Now i get it.

Thanks Tunci