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Travelling by dolmus
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 08:59 am |
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I'm going to start a general thread about travelling by dolmus over in the Travelling to Turkey Forum - but this one is about the language needed to travel effectively by dolmus.
We have already discussed a little about this in this thread but there is of course more to travelling than being able to address the driver!!!
So - how do we say we want to stop and get out in between dolmus stops. I have seen inecek var for this but that doesn't seem to make much sense as it is in third person.
If we are travelling in a dolmus and want it to stop - above the noise of general chatter could we say:
pardon şofer, burada durdurabilüz lütfen çünkü şimdi inmek istiyorum
or would durabilüz be better?
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 11:01 am |
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:06 pm |
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Quoting scalpel: here is the jargon of dolmuş to stop the dolmuş and get out between the stops:
inecek var (best choice)
müsait yerde indirebilir misiniz? (you don't need to be such polite)
sağda indir (it's absurd but used)
burada inebilir miyim? (why not?)
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Is it necessary to first attract the attention of the driver first with something like pardon şofer
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:12 pm |
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bod im sure you will attract the drivers attention 
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:19 pm |
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opps hes coming 
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:23 pm |
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Quoting deli: bod im sure you will attract the drivers attention |
I don't know what you mean - I blend into the background 
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:25 pm |
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what background is that then,i await you response 
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:27 pm |
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Quoting deli: what background is that then,i await you response |
Usually the background inside an alternative club somewhere 
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:29 pm |
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are there many alternative clubs about
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 01:38 pm |
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Quoting deli: are there many alternative clubs about |
I don't think there are many in Turkia - at least not in the remote parts that we will be visiting. There are probably some in the cities.
But in England there are quite a few
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