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10.       GulBahar
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 08 Feb 2015 Sun 03:02 pm

 

Quoting tunci

 

Complete the blanks in the sentences below :

 

3) Ali iş.  bırak...  üç ay ol....  ---> It´s been three months now since Ali quit his job.

 

I´m not a native speaker, but I think it´s more correct if we use its been 3 months.... since. Since we have since

  But I wonder why it´s ´oluyor´



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11.       tunci
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 08 Feb 2015 Sun 11:22 pm

 

Quoting GulBahar

3) Ali iş.  bırak...  üç ay ol....  ---> It´s been three months now since Ali quit his job.

I´m not a native speaker, but I think it´s more correct if we use its been 3 months.... since. Since we have since

  But I wonder why it´s ´oluyor´

 

Yes, that will sound more correct wording in English with "been".  Most of the time I am focusing on Turkish sentence more than its English equivalent. May be that´s why I missed the "been" there.

"oluyor" or "oldu" both can be used in the context, however "oluyor" sounds bit more natural / exact expression or better clarification of Ali´s near past. As we are making this statement at very present moment, present -yor can suit better. 

 

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