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20.       gezbelle
1542 posts
 06 Feb 2007 Tue 06:24 am

i think "uğraşmak" has a more stronger meaning than "to try".

i used to use it when i first started learning turkish, but i was told that it is better to use "çalışmak" or "denemek" for "to try".

but i could be wrong though

21.       Dilara
1153 posts
 06 Feb 2007 Tue 06:25 am

Quoting CANLI:

Ama,çalışmak means to study,and to work too.
How would the one we are talking with will get the difference in meaning,and understand i mean to say,i try' not i work,or i study ?



I thınk ıt would be evıdent for the context and the suffıx ıt takes
for example = to work (no suffıx)
To try /a/ type suffıx
Cheers!

22.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 06 Feb 2007 Tue 05:17 pm

Çalışmaya çalışıyorum...
I am trying to study/I am trying to work.

It is not hard to understand which is the meaning of çalışmak in a sentence.. "work" or "study" or "try".

"uğraşmak" means the same thing for that like you said, and also gezbelle is right too. Generally "uğraşmak" refers on something for harder.

The meaning of "to try" is used with a verb. So you can understand that the main verb is "to try" and the other is theaction to try.

Problemi çözmeye çalışıyorum.
I am trying to resolve the problem.

Ahmet'e ulaşmaya çalışıyorum.
I am trying to reach Ahmet.

Underlined wordgroups are the actions whch you try to do.

By the way, the meaning of "to study" is a little different. It is not directly "to study". It is "to study yourself". If you are in school and teacher teachs you something, that is not "çalışmak". But if you are studying alone or just one of your friend helps you for your study, that is "çalışmak".

Dün konuya çalışamadım çünkü elektrikler gitti, öğretmenim...lol
Yesterday, I couldn't study the topic because the electricity went, my teacher...

Komşular çok gürültü ediyor, çalışamıyorum.
Neighbours make a lot of moise, I cant study.

The other meanings are probably "to work". They are maybe about the place to work:

Bankada çalışıyorum
I work for a bank/in a bank.

Ankara'da çalışıyoruz
We work in Ankara.

I hope it is helpful.
Kolay gelsin

23.       CANLI
5084 posts
 06 Feb 2007 Tue 05:26 pm

Helped so much caliptrix,anladım
Çok Teşekkürler

24.       gizopy
366 posts
 06 Feb 2007 Tue 07:47 pm

Quoting CANLI:

İ meant 'and so on' like
When you are giving examples for something,so at the end you would say, 'and so on ' like ect.



etc = vs (ve saire), vb(ve benzeri)

also you can use 'falan','filan' for 'or so','and so on','approximately'

On kişi falan var - There are ten people or so/and so on

Falan (Filan) is a very common word.



25.       CANLI
5084 posts
 09 May 2008 Fri 02:25 am

İ know how to say 14.4
we learnt it here in the lessons
Numbers
But how to say it like this 14 2|5 ?

26.       si++
3785 posts
 09 May 2008 Fri 09:54 am

Quoting CANLI:


But how to say it like this 14 2|5 ?
14 tam 2 bölü 5
14 whole 2 slash 5

27.       mltm
3690 posts
 09 May 2008 Fri 10:14 am

2/5 => beşte iki (two over five)

28.       CANLI
5084 posts
 11 May 2008 Sun 04:23 am

Thx guys
Ps:Thx PT

29.       CANLI
5084 posts
 23 Sep 2008 Tue 10:13 am

Çok geç oldu

İs it,

He was late,or it became very late ?

 

And if i want to say,´its getting late´ would it be,

Çok geç oluyor

30.       gencturk
326 posts
 23 Sep 2008 Tue 10:21 am

 

Quoting CANLI

Çok geç oldu

İs it,

He was late,or it became very late ?

 

And if i want to say,´its getting late´ would it be,

Çok geç oluyor

 

I think "Çok geç oldu"="it became very late"

and "its getting late"="geç oluyor"

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