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AMA
1) Contrariness
- Bana bir sorunu olduğunu söylememişti ama ben biliyordum.
He didn’t tell me that he had a problem but I knew it.
2) Contradiction
- Yemek biraz tuzlu ama lezzetli olmuş.
The meal is bit salty but tasty.
Above, two statements are actually contradicting eachother. Salty and tasty. After salty, a negative statement is expected but in fact a positive statement [tasty] is followed.
3) Negating the positive statement.
When a positive sentence is expected after a positive statement, with “ama” a negative statement may follow.
- Öğretmen öğrencilere her hafta ev ödevi veriyordu ama çoğu ödevini yapmıyordu.
The teacher was giving students a homework but most of them were not doing it.
Positive Negative
4) Informing the reason
- Erken uyumuş, ama sıcaktan mı bilmem sabah olmadan uyanmıştım.
Reason Result
[ I went to bed early] [ I got up early ,before the morning ]
5) Conditional function
- Gelirim ama sinemaya gideriz.
I would come on condition that we will go to the cinema.
Above, “my coming ” depends on our going to the cinema. If we will go to then cinema when I come then I will come.
6) Comparison function
- Onun arabası daha yeni ama benim arabamın motoru daha güçlü.
His car is newer but my car has a stronger engine.
7) Proving function
You are kind of proving your idea to be right using the conjunction “ama”.
- Banka kredi faizleri yüksek ama kredi ödemek her ay kira ödemekten daha karlı.
Bank credits interests are high however it’ll be more beneficial to pay credit debt than paying rent every month.
8) Alikeness function
It may join the alikeness between two state.
- Ben hatalıyım ama siz de benim gibi hatalısınız.
I am wrong but you also are wrong like me.
9) Defencing function
- Neden beni hastanede ziyarete gelmedin ? -à Why didn’t you visit me at the hospital ?
- Ama benim hasta olduğundan haberim yoktu. -à But I didn’t know that you were ill.
· Above the person who has not visited his friend at the hospital is defending himself saying that he didn’t know that his friend was ill.
1 Warning function
- Seni bu seferlik affediyorum ama sakın bir daha bunu yapma !
I forgive you this time but don’t you ever do this again !
11) Helplessness function
- Dün size gelecektim ama öyle çok misafirim geldi ki !
I was gonna come to you yesterday but I had so many guest !!
In other words I couldn’t come because it wasn’t in my hand about not coming to you.
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