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Actually need help with a translation/explaination etc (it´s Turkish to English)
1.       deli_degilim
17 posts
 03 Jun 2013 Mon 03:26 pm

Okay, I got this message off someone:

Tabi tabi ne demezsin nereleri biliyorsun (name of place)´da

Can someone help me as to what it says please?

I´ve worked out some things what each words means, maybe I have got it wrong but below is what I think:

Tabi Tabi - of course/alright (and isn´t this supposed to be written as tabi(i) tabi(i)?

ne demezsin - I couldn´t make out this, I did find on the internet dememek (is this related)?

nereleri - I have no idea what this means

Biliyorsun - you know

(name of place)´da - In (name of place)

 

I haven´t come across this, ´dememek´ before so would be greatful if someone could help me and tell me in what sort of sentence would I use this suffix?

As you know I am only a basic beginner in this language, I´ve only been learning for a few months but I´m looking at eventually getting Turkish citizenship so I need to know the language really well. It´s just not an easy language to learn

Anyway, thank you for anyone who could help me with this sentence, so so so greatful to anyone.

2.       Faruk
1607 posts
 03 Jun 2013 Mon 04:06 pm

"ne demezsin" is an informal phrase that means "you bet," "sure" or "certainly"

3.       Abla
3648 posts
 03 Jun 2013 Mon 04:21 pm

dememek is simpler than you think:

 

                     de|me|mek = say + NEG + INF meaning ´not to say´

 

Thus, ne demezsin is literally "what don´t you say" and Faruk explained its meaning above. (Turkish is a language rich with idioms.)

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