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translate please
1.       Phil
19 posts
 26 Oct 2005 Wed 10:20 pm

merhaba
i know this is really simple but i cant figure out what the last word says.
"hayat Guzelimis"

thanks for your help

2.       Phil
19 posts
 26 Oct 2005 Wed 10:24 pm

Güzelmiş*

3.       deli
5904 posts
 26 Oct 2005 Wed 10:42 pm

life was beautiful/

4.       erdinc
2151 posts
 27 Oct 2005 Thu 04:23 am

The inferential past tense usually is not the same as simple past tense. "Hayat güzeldi." can be different than "Hayat güzelmiş."

The inferential past tense (-miş ) is common in stories and tales and implies that it is just a story and not to be taken as real.

When used in daily speech the inferential past tense will imply unawareness and uncertainity. In daily speech it is common when you have heard something but have not checked on your own.

"Hayat güzelmiş.", depending on the context can mean "I realised that life is beautiful." (I didn't know that life was beautiful) or "Life appears to be beautiful." or it can mean "They say life is/was beautiful." If in a story and especially if written as "güzelimiş" it will mean "Life was good."

In modern Turkish we dont use anymore the "-imiş" suffix.

güzelimiş > güzelmiş
gideriken > giderken

5.       Phil
19 posts
 27 Oct 2005 Thu 07:16 pm

thanks for your help on your explanation
tesekkur ederim

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