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10.       matdamon
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 25 Jan 2015 Sun 12:43 pm

 

Quoting Jansay

2) We simply can not form a question without "-mi". There´s just a tiny exception with words like "Tamam" "Oldu" where we can just say them like we´re asking questions without having to add -mi; but otherwise -mi is mandatory.

 

Hope it was helpful,

-Jansay

 

Thank you Jansay for your answers !

 

However, I don´t agree with your second point.

With certain words such as "Neden, Nasıl, Hangi..." we never use -mi. For instance :

Neden bunu yaptın ? = Why did you do that ?

Dün ne yaptın = What did you do yesterday ?

 

In those cases we don´t need -mi so why does in this case we use it ?

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11.       JNQ
465 posts
 25 Jan 2015 Sun 03:15 pm

2) We simply can not form a question without "-mi". There´s just a tiny exception with words like "Tamam" "Oldu" where we can just say them like we´re asking questions without having to add -mi; but otherwise -mi is mandatory.

 

Niçin?

Ne?

Ne zaman?

Nedir?

Nerelesin?

Kaç?

(Just teasing you J.) {#emotions_dlg.satisfied_nod}

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12.       JNQ
465 posts
 25 Jan 2015 Sun 03:16 pm

O haha matdamon said the same {#emotions_dlg.bigsmile}

13.       denizli
970 posts
 25 Jan 2015 Sun 04:22 pm

 

Quoting matdamon

 

 

Thank you Jansay for your answers !

 

However, I don´t agree with your second point.

With certain words such as "Neden, Nasıl, Hangi..." we never use -mi. For instance :

Neden bunu yaptın ? = Why did you do that ?

Dün ne yaptın = What did you do yesterday ?

 

In those cases we don´t need -mi so why does in this case we use it ?

 

 

I see Matt´s point, this question Ne mi göruyorum ? already has Ne. So I´m wondering how it is different from Ne göruyorum ?

According to this page: https://www.facebook.com/290576441016020/posts/450330761663665 adding mi to something that is already a question is to show surprise or even annoyance.

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14.       Jansay
56 posts
 25 Jan 2015 Sun 04:34 pm

I was just about to correct that statement. You people are so harsh! =P

 

Oh right, now I remember: -mi is used there to emphasize on "ne". We use it like that too sometimes. It´s all about the syntax; check out these two sentences:

 

Bakkala gittin mi? (Did you go to the store?)

Bakkala mı gittin??? (Did you go to the STORE?) (Showing surprise)

 

Hope it was helpful,

-Jansay



Edited (1/25/2015) by Jansay

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15.       matdamon
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 25 Jan 2015 Sun 05:25 pm

 

Quoting denizli

 

 

 

I see Matt´s point, this question Ne mi göruyorum ? already has Ne. So I´m wondering how it is different from Ne göruyorum ?

According to this page: https://www.facebook.com/290576441016020/posts/450330761663665 adding mi to something that is already a question is to show surprise or even annoyance.

 

Thank you everyone,

 

It´s crystal clear now {#emotions_dlg.applause}

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