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Zamanlar
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21 Sep 2006 Thu 12:21 pm |
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Quote: I'm still wondering about Turkish "simdki zaman".
I was sure that it is a counterpart of English Present Continous.If yes so why for example Seni seviyorum is translated as I love you not as I'm loving you.So what is the difference and right usage of it?
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Both "(seni) severim" and "(seni) seviyorum" are correct uses in TR. However there is a difference between two;
A speaker saying ".... severim" keeps his distance from the person whom he addresses. He is distant and frosty. On the other hand a speaker saying "... seviyorum" is more sincere. An example may make the point clear: After Mahmut Tuncer's (He is a famous Turkish folk music singer) daughter had married secretly without informing him and her mother he said on a TV channel with tears in his eyes that" Yine de ben Pınar'ı severim. İyi çocuktur". He sounds distant in his expression as he was hurt by his
daughter's behavior. Normally a father says to express his love ".... seviyorum."
The expression "... severim" conveys the sense that I love, but...
It is not a kind of love you feel wholeheartedly.
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21 Sep 2006 Thu 01:07 pm |
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Quoting caliptrix:
An important point:
Bu akşam ne yapiyor musun?= are you doing what this tonight?
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Damn.. 
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