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1.       Abla
3648 posts
 05 Jan 2013 Sat 08:44 pm

How do you begin a fairy tale and how do you end it in Turkish?

 

I know Bir varmış bir yokmuş... but I think I have seen another alternative also which I have forgotten.

 

In Arabic there is a long rhyme repeated in the beginning and in the end of a story  -  sending greetings to Prophet Muhammad at least  -  is there anything similar used in Turkish?

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2.       ikicihan
1127 posts
 05 Jan 2013 Sat 10:04 pm

Evvel zaman içinde, kalbur saman içinde, develer tellal iken, pireler berber iken, ben anamın beşiğini tıngır mıngır sallar iken memleketin birinde bir padişah varmış...

 

for more: http://www.1001kitap.com/Cocuk/portakali_soydum_basucuma_koydum/portakal15.html

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