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Ben isityorum
1.       bertoluccisgirl
7 posts
 21 Aug 2013 Wed 10:12 pm

I am trying to say:

I want a glass of red wine.

Is "Ben kırmızı bir kadeh şarap istiyorum."  correct?

Also, what is the difference between:

"Ben istiyormm" and "Ben bir bardak/fincan"

Why is the "bir" there?  Because you are specifying an amount, "one cup,one glass?"

 

Thank you!

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2.       harp00n
3993 posts
 21 Aug 2013 Wed 10:18 pm

I want a glass of red wine.

"Bir kadeh kırmızı şarap istiyorum" is better and more useful in daily Turkish.

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3.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 22 Aug 2013 Thu 11:46 am

 

Quoting bertoluccisgirl

I am trying to say:

I want a glass of red wine.

Is "Ben kırmızı bir kadeh şarap istiyorum."  correct?

Also, what is the difference between:

"Ben istiyormm" and "Ben bir bardak/fincan"

Why is the "bir" there?  Because you are specifying an amount, "one cup,one glass?"

 

Thank you!

 

 

 Agree with the correction given above by Harp00n. "Bir" is a number so comes before the word "kadeh" glass as it is specifiying how many glasses. Kırmızı (red) is describing the wine, so in word order it comes before şarap.

 

About your other questions:

Bardak is a glass. Fincan is a cup. Kupa is a mug. Basically bardak is made of clear glass, fincan is small ceramic/china and kupa is large ceramic/china.

You would normally have a fincan of Turkish coffee. Other coffee (nescafe, filter) would be in a fincan or kupa. Tea always used to be in a bardak, but now fincan is also popular.

 

Kadeh, however, is a special word used for alcohol. You would have a kadeh of wine, rakı etc.

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4.       bertoluccisgirl
7 posts
 22 Aug 2013 Thu 05:34 pm

Thank you so much everyone!{#emotions_dlg.koffie}

5.       Aisha_Bilqis
23 posts
 23 Aug 2013 Fri 11:52 am

Excellent explanation from Marionin Turkey (Y)

6.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 23 Aug 2013 Fri 09:47 pm

 

Quoting Aisha_Bilqis

Excellent explanation from Marionin Turkey (Y)

 

Marionin comes in and shows, how it is done with style

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7.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 24 Aug 2013 Sat 01:57 pm

You are too kind, handsom. beni utandırıyorsun.

 

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8.       hummayun ali
14 posts
 30 Aug 2013 Fri 06:29 pm

never forgot the mark the object then you dont hv to worry about sentence like şarap is an object and şarap ends on the p constonant ... so sarap i would be şarabı ,,, please correct me if i am saying it wrong ,,{#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

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