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Difference between birkaç and birtakım
1.       matdamon
74 posts
 20 Jul 2015 Mon 12:47 pm

Hi everyone,

 

I have the feeling birkaç and birtakım mean the same thing : several, a couple of...

 

The only difference seems to lie in their use : 

 

birkaç + singular

birtakım + plural

 

Am I right or is there another difference between the two ?

2.       gokuyum
5050 posts
 20 Jul 2015 Mon 02:15 pm

 

Quoting matdamon

Hi everyone,

 

I have the feeling birkaç and birtakım mean the same thing : several, a couple of...

 

The only difference seems to lie in their use : 

 

birkaç + singular

birtakım + plural

 

Am I right or is there another difference between the two ?

 

birkaç means a few

birtakım means some, some kind of

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