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1.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:13 pm

You are in this Site...Why?...Your aim?
I advise you to teach Turkish Language very well.
Because?
According to scientists:
-Turkish Language is a language of mathematics, algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, politics and culture language (5000 years from Asia to Europe, Africa and America)…
-It contains mathematical and geometric and algebraical ideas…
-Turkish language is mathematical and algebraical language…
-Mathematics. algebra, geometry, physics and chemistry make people wide thoughtful and intelligent…

2.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:16 pm

what are you trying to say???? you puzzled me

3.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:19 pm

This is a scientific opinion...This is not my opinion...

4.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:23 pm

Quoting yilgun-7:

This is a scientific opinion...This is not my opinion...


Uff,relief))))scientists pretty often exaggerate,so abartma lutfen!
All languages are nice,all have something in common and all are divine of human evolution.I would not praise any language over the other.All are a gift)))

5.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:26 pm

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...

6.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 02:31 pm

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD

7.       portokal
2516 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 03:24 pm

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD


which builds up the Interior World.

8.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 03:28 pm

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD


MS WORD?

9.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 03:32 pm

Quoting yilgun-7:

You are in this Site...Why?...Your aim?
I advise you to teach Turkish Language very well.
Because?
According to scientists:
-Turkish Language is a language of mathematics, algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, politics and culture language (5000 years from Asia to Europe, Africa and America)…
-It contains mathematical and geometric and algebraical ideas…
-Turkish language is mathematical and algebraical language…
-Mathematics. algebra, geometry, physics and chemistry make people wide thoughtful and intelligent…


yes, all the world originates from turks!
europeans are turks, native americans are turks!

you speak like your greek neighbours, but at least they have reasons.

to support your scientific thesis would you let us know the sources? who propagates such b...?
any example of scientific contribution ?

10.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 03:48 pm

TURKISH IS A MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE does not mean that all sciences, including mathematics, have evolved from Turkish,

What it means is that RULES MAKING UP BASIC STRUCTURE OF TURKISH LANGUAGE ARE COMPERABLE TO RULES OF MATHEMATICS: THEY ARE JUST AS CLEAR AND PRECISE.

11.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 04:39 pm

Well now this explains why I have so much trouble with Turkish....I don't do math!!!!!

12.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:01 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD


MS WORD?


Ms word must definately be swahili !
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm

13.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:02 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

TURKISH IS A MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE does not mean that all sciences, including mathematics, have evolved from Turkish,

What it means is that RULES MAKING UP BASIC STRUCTURE OF TURKISH LANGUAGE ARE COMPERABLE TO RULES OF MATHEMATICS: THEY ARE JUST AS CLEAR AND PRECISE.


another b...!
turkish language is like all turkic languages is a huge jungle!
you can change words they way as you wish, speak in mysterious patterns, you can change everything and its still a sentence unlike most european languages where there must be an order.

and pls, stop shouting.

14.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:05 pm

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD


MS WORD?


Ms word must definately be swahili !
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm


and remember swahili is a turkic origin!
remember we turks are the fathers of everyone and everything!

15.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:11 pm


http://www.language-learning-advisor.com/easiest-language-to-learn-survey.html
the easiest language to learn survey
I have some doubts about outcome,just wonder what your impressions will be Tc members?

16.       catwoman
8933 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:11 pm

Quoting girleegirl:

Well now this explains why I have so much trouble with Turkish....I don't do math!!!!!


Hahahahah lol lol lol

I do do math and love it, partly because you don't have to memorize almost anything in it. However... Turkish isn't anything like it!!!!

17.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:12 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting yilgun-7:

Yes, I agree with you.
All languages are richness of the Planet World...


of the planet WORD


MS WORD?


Ms word must definately be swahili !
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm


and remember swahili is a turkic origin!
remember we turks are the fathers of everyone and everything!


why not mothers????

18.       si++
3785 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:17 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:



to support your scientific thesis would you let us know the sources? who propagates such b...?
any example of scientific contribution ?



Turkish is the easiest of all

Ever heard of "Deny Cube"?

Max Muller says: “We have before us in the Turkish a language of perfectly transparent structure, and a grammar the inner workings of which we can study as if watching the building of cells in a beehive. An eminent Orientalist remarked that we might imagine the Turkish language to be the result of the deliberations of some famous society of learned men. But no such society could have devised what the mind of man produced, left to itself in the steppes of Tartary, and guided only by its innate laws or by an intuitive power as wonderful as any within the realm of Nature.”

Quoting somebody somewhere:

I think of Turkish sentence structure as a sort of mental gymnastics, which is fun to play with but takes most speakers of Indo-European languages quite a long time to become halfway familiar with, let alone to master. Even people who've studied the language for quite some time can get irretrievably lost in some long sentences. Simply put, "the way Turkish works", while quite regular and in fact logical, is totally alien to the way we think and speak in languages like English, and getting used to this difference is a big job that takes a lot of time and effort.

19.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:23 pm

well,read in some survey conducted on kids that Turkish kids compared to the rest of their peers learn or apprehend their mother tongue faster due to its simplicity.It is not flattering but amazing fact about the language,at least grammar rules are clear.Trying to find a link to this article...

20.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:30 pm

Turkish Children Learn Their Mother Tongue Earliest
A research conducted worldwide has established that Turkish children are the fastest at learning their native language.

The results were released at the International Association for the Study of Child Language's 10th congress in Berlin, Germany, where it was indicated that Turkish children could speak their native language by the age of 2-3 years in a grammatically correct manner.

Linguistics Professor Klann Delius noted that the Turkish language was easy to learn. "Suffixes in Turkish that determine person and tense are regular. Using them is like arranging Lego pieces."

According to the research, it takes 12 years for Arab speaking children, and 4-5 years for German children to acquire the grammatical mastery in their mother tongue. The congress held in Berlin is attended by about 800 linguists from around the world.
from
http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/

21.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 05:32 pm

more on language aquisition

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/langdev.html

22.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 06:47 pm

TURKISH LANGUAGE-MATHEMATICS

Turkish language follows mathematical principles. This link explains it all. Those who can not understand it, can go back to subject of DUDUs.

http://members.aol.com/SciRealm/Turkish.html

23.       AEnigma III
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 07:46 pm

Is it me? Can anyone explain the connection between geometry and the Turkish language?
Chemistry!?

24.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 07:53 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

TURKISH LANGUAGE-MATHEMATICS

Turkish language follows mathematical principles. This link explains it all. Those who can not understand it, can go back to subject of DUDUs.

http://members.aol.com/SciRealm/Turkish.html


look, my dear captain dudu (oops, our head mathematician).
the site is total rubbish!

i mean as jungle as the language!

find another naive admirers (among duduets, maybe?)!!!

25.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 08:02 pm

which means she is clueless....already seems to be deep in the issue of dudus

26.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 08:02 pm

which means she is clueless....already seems to be deep in the issue of dudus

27.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 08:15 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

which means she is clueless....alreadi seems to be deep in the issue of dudus


dear turkish scientist,
i prefer being called a duduette to admitting the genious of site!

28.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 08:30 pm

you may think you are smart...
The question is, can you qualify as a duduette ?....

29.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 10 Dec 2007 Mon 08:45 pm

Quoting femme_fatal:

Quoting AlphaF:

which means she is clueless....alreadi seems to be deep in the issue of dudus


dear turkish scientist,
i prefer being called a duduette to admitting the genious of site!



Calling me a mere scientist is the understatement of the year !

30.       AtHENA
38 posts
 11 Dec 2007 Tue 02:58 am

Quoting yilgun-7:

You are in this Site...Why?...Your aim?
I advise you to teach Turkish Language very well.
Because?
According to scientists:
-Turkish Language is a language of mathematics, algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, politics and culture language (5000 years from Asia to Europe, Africa and America)…
-It contains mathematical and geometric and algebraical ideas…
-Turkish language is mathematical and algebraical language…
-Mathematics. algebra, geometry, physics and chemistry make people wide thoughtful and intelligent…


mean Turkish Language=branches of mathematics and science plus General Knowledge. I got good grades on these subjects but why i could hardly learn turkce?lol

31.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 11 Dec 2007 Tue 07:55 am

Quoting AtHENA:

Quoting yilgun-7:

You are in this Site...Why?...Your aim?
I advise you to teach Turkish Language very well.
Because?
According to scientists:
-Turkish Language is a language of mathematics, algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, politics and culture language (5000 years from Asia to Europe, Africa and America)…
-It contains mathematical and geometric and algebraical ideas…
-Turkish language is mathematical and algebraical language…
-Mathematics. algebra, geometry, physics and chemistry make people wide thoughtful and intelligent…


mean Turkish Language=branches of mathematics and science plus General Knowledge. I got good grades on these subjects but why i could hardly learn turkce?lol


Try Mohawk instead

32.       Denizer
9 posts
 11 Dec 2007 Tue 09:27 am

I think I understand what you are saying. The way we understand the world, the way we think depends very much on the language we use. German is a good language for philosophy because it has a lot of philosophical concepts, as does Turkish. One cannot think about the world in a scientific way unless the language one uses has scientific concepts. Learning different languages helps one to think about the world in different ways.


Quoting yilgun-7:

You are in this Site...Why?...Your aim?
I advise you to teach Turkish Language very well.
Because?
According to scientists:
-Turkish Language is a language of mathematics, algebra, geometry, physics, chemistry, politics and culture language (5000 years from Asia to Europe, Africa and America)…
-It contains mathematical and geometric and algebraical ideas…
-Turkish language is mathematical and algebraical language…
-Mathematics. algebra, geometry, physics and chemistry make people wide thoughtful and intelligent…

33.       Dilara
1153 posts
 18 Dec 2007 Tue 11:00 pm

What an interesting thread!
Yes, turkish is easy to learn WHEN YOU GRASP its unique "logic" and the way the sentences are built but at the beginning, it looks very "strange" for someone whose mother tongue is spanish , english etc.
I read it was similar to finnish in structure but I am not sure of this.
As someone told me once "Turkish is like putting Lego Pieces together" and I agree ...
I love this language because Turkish is the perfect language for analytic minds like mine hehe
Thank you for sharing all this information ALTHOUGH I dont think it is the easiest language to learn! No way! It has very fifficult things, the ones I find REALLY HARD to grasp are :

-Dik object participle
So many suffixes!!!!!
Distinguishing between passives / causatives / verbs of mutual action , example?
Distinguish between :

Çamurlamak / çamurlatmak / çamurlanmak / çamurlaşmak

But now that I understand how it works, they seem VERY LOGICAL! and I can really say :
I have a lot of FUN while learning! you can make fast progress really so good luck to all learners!

Dilara.
Bu arada! iki seneden sonra...hâlâ anlamaya çabaliyorum !!!! Keske herseyi turkçe yazabilseydim ama o kadar iyi degil henuz...sonra tercume etmeye çalisacagim belki! hehe çunku su an tercume etmek için zamanim yok

34.       SunFlowerSeed
841 posts
 24 Dec 2007 Mon 07:38 pm

Turkish is a crap and junk language.
You can mix anything with anything.
And surprise surprise ! It sounds understandable

Put aside the joke;
Turkish is not the best language in this planet.
Its grammar is not unique. There are many similar languages grammatically.
That you can do:
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
2 + 1 + 3 = 6
3 + 2 + 1 = 6
....
in a sentence but you can never mix suffixes in a word.
So it is not a big deal.

That grammar may give Turkish some advantages, but no native-speaker in this world speaks his/her language thinking about those details.
An Englishmen/Frenchmen/Dutchmen etc never confuses when s/he is grown enough, say 6 years old. (Age is made-up. Nothing scientific)

So there is nothing to debate on for common people.
Leave those details to linguists who are paid to debate on such things.

Every language is perfect for its purpose.
Some may sound or look more complex to its learners, but I have never heard of a native-speaker who can't speak his/her own language.

And yes, Turks do mistakes while writing, speaking as well as all other native-speakers of their languages do mistakes, sometimes.

Human is just not perfect !

35.       catwoman
8933 posts
 24 Dec 2007 Mon 07:48 pm

SunFlowerSeed, you are officially invited to join my gang! Welcome! (qualifying feature: critical thinking)

36.       SunFlowerSeed
841 posts
 24 Dec 2007 Mon 08:23 pm

Quoting catwoman:

SunFlowerSeed, you are officially invited to join my gang! Welcome! (qualifying feature: critical thinking)



Your gang ? :-S
Why not mine ?

Do you think gangling and putting other people aside is good ?
They will make up their gangs.

Then the show will begin which I am not fond of.

37.       Dilara
1153 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 03:37 am

Quoting SunFlowerSeed:

Turkish is a crap and junk language.



I still want to learn turkish but you discouraged me a bit haha

38.       TURQuazman
213 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 04:00 am

Quoting SunFlowerSeed:

Turkish is a crap and junk language.
You can mix anything with anything.
And surprise surprise ! It sounds understandable

And yes, Turks do mistakes while writing, speaking as well as all other native-speakers of their languages do mistakes, sometimes.



SO What do you mean here in this site, (reminder: turkishclass.com
if Turkish is crap and junk what is your business here, are you junkyard volunteer?
TURQUAZMAN SAYS: illiterate people's most dreadful part is never being avare of own situation

39.       catwoman
8933 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 06:16 am

Quoting SunFlowerSeed:

Your gang ? :-S
Why not mine ?

Do you think gangling and putting other people aside is good ?
They will make up their gangs.

Then the show will begin which I am not fond of.


You speak like a true member of my gang!

40.       Dilara
1153 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 07:25 am

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!

41.       si++
3785 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:11 am

Quote:

Turkish is a crap and junk language.

You can mix anything with anything.
And surprise surprise ! It sounds understandable

Put aside the joke;
Turkish is not the best language in this planet.
Its grammar is not unique. There are many similar languages grammatically.
That you can do:
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
2 + 1 + 3 = 6
3 + 2 + 1 = 6
....
in a sentence but you can never mix suffixes in a word.
So it is not a big deal.



Yes but, that doesn't make it crap because of this feature. It shows how free-formatted Turkish is.

I think it's the power of Turkish. Take the following example. There are two clauses (yellow and cyan background).

Ali Veli'nin dün oraya niye gelmediğini Fatma'dan öğrendi.


Now you can scramble them in any way you want and it's still understood by any native speaker. This is not "crap and junk", this is an example of sound logic.

Here's an example of its scrambling in a weird way.

Veli'nin öğrendi gelmediğini Ali oraya niye Fatma'dan dün.



How 'bout following example in English.

Jack saw Mary.

This is not:
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 1 = 3

but more like

1 / 2 = 0.5 (you cannot change the operands)

42.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 02:39 pm

Quoting Dilara:

Quoting SunFlowerSeed:

Turkish is a crap and junk language.



I still want to learn turkish but you discouraged me a bit haha


dilara,
you are so easy to discourage! lol
how light was your will to learn the language!
hahaha

43.       MrX67
2540 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 02:43 pm

i believe that each language nicer then each other when used for goodness,so its a nice tool for transfer good feelings without a rich vocabulary or a strong grammer

44.       deli
5904 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 02:46 pm

aynen ozel mesaji gonderdigin icin tesekkur ederim mr

45.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 02:48 pm

sunflowerseed stated the fact.
the fact that we all know, but not many have a courage to speak.

1I + 2love = 3 you
european languages order
1+2=3
2+1=3

turkic languages
1+2=3
2+1=3
and also
3+1=2
1+3=2
3+2=1
2+3=1
lol very mathematical and very logic lol
turkic languages are jungles
it doesnt mean i dont respect the languages, it means im stating the facts.
and i know i hurt the patriotic feelings of turkic nations.
but sorry, this is the naked truth of our reality.

i just cant stand self praising people that have no basis to boast.

46.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 07:16 pm

Quoting Dilara:

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!




I guess this is Turkish Class habit or traditon nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore. Senin gibi bir kaç kişi hariç. Cesaretin krılmasın çok iyi gidiyorsun.

47.       catwoman
8933 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 07:24 pm

Please write in English, many people don't understand what you're talking about.

48.       Dilara
1153 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 07:55 pm

Quoting Prym:

Quoting Dilara:

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!




I guess this is Turkish Class habit or traditon nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore. Senin gibi bir kaç kişi hariç. Cesaretin krılmasın çok iyi gidiyorsun.



Tesekkur ederim Prym!
Turkçe ogrenmek isteyen birkaç kisi var... insanlarin çogu artik yardim etmek istemiyor galiba , sadece nahoş seyler yaziyorlar...
Neden burada olduklarini bilmiyorum... sen biliyor musun?

49.       catwoman
8933 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 08:08 pm

Quoting Dilara:

Quoting Prym:

Quoting Dilara:

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!




I guess this is Turkish Class habit or traditon nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore. Senin gibi bir kaç kişi hariç. Cesaretin krılmasın çok iyi gidiyorsun.



Tesekkur ederim Prym!
Turkçe ogrenmek isteyen birkaç kisi var... insanlarin çogu artik yardim etmek istemiyor galiba , sadece nahoş seyler yaziyorlar...
Neden burada olduklarini bilmiyorum... sen biliyor musun?


Dilara, please write in English. It is rude to the non-turkish speaking people to write what they can't understand. According to the rules, the "Practice Turkish" part of the forums is for writing in Turkish.

50.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 08:40 pm

Quoting catwoman:

Please write in English, many people don't understand what you're talking about.



First part is in English. I was talking to Dilara she is getting good in Turkish Learning progress and we are talking about nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore they are only writing nasty things or making silly jokes around threads. There is no admin there is no real rules. I am here to practice my english and to help people like Dilara and they are minority

PS: This is Turkish Class I don't think it is rude to write in Turkish.

51.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 08:40 pm

Dilara haklı = Dilara is right.
Bu Site Turkish Language Class değil mi = Is this Sıte Turkish Language Class?
Biz ingilizce öğrenmeye çalışıyoruz = We try to learn English.
Fakat bazı arkadaşlar Türkçe öğrenmek istemiyor = But some friends don't want to learn Turkish.

52.       si++
3785 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 09:51 pm

Quoting someone not so good at math:

sunflowerseed stated the fact.
the fact that we all know, but not many have a courage to speak.

1I + 2love = 3 you
european languages order
1+2=3
2+1=3

turkic languages
1+2=3
2+1=3
and also
3+1=2
1+3=2
3+2=1
2+3=1
lol very mathematical and very logic lol
turkic languages are jungles
it doesnt mean i dont respect the languages, it means im stating the facts.
and i know i hurt the patriotic feelings of turkic nations.
but sorry, this is the naked truth of our reality.

i just cant stand self praising people that have no basis to boast.


Your math is terrible.

53.       si++
3785 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 09:54 pm

Quoting Someone good at Turkish:

Quoting Prym:

Quoting Dilara:

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!




I guess this is Turkish Class habit or traditon nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore. Senin gibi bir kaç kişi hariç. Cesaretin krılmasın çok iyi gidiyorsun.



Tesekkur ederim Prym!
Turkçe ogrenmek isteyen birkaç kisi var... insanlarin çogu artik yardim etmek istemiyor galiba , sadece nahoş seyler yaziyorlar...
Neden burada olduklarini bilmiyorum... sen biliyor musun?

Dilara, Türkçen harika. Takdir ettim.

54.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:30 pm

Quoting si++:

Quoting someone not so good at math:

sunflowerseed stated the fact.
the fact that we all know, but not many have a courage to speak.

1I + 2love = 3 you
european languages order
1+2=3
2+1=3

turkic languages
1+2=3
2+1=3
and also
3+1=2
1+3=2
3+2=1
2+3=1
lol very mathematical and very logic lol
turkic languages are jungles
it doesnt mean i dont respect the languages, it means im stating the facts.
and i know i hurt the patriotic feelings of turkic nations.
but sorry, this is the naked truth of our reality.

i just cant stand self praising people that have no basis to boast.


Your math is terrible.


oh dear, how shallow your thinking is!
gosh, i cant believe there are so many limited people on this earth! i just tried to draw how turkish can be used within the very simple math pattern namely 'a+b=c' (seemingly turks use another pattern 'a+b=ab').
but turkish logics differ from the very simple logics that rule in the world because it doesnt praise the turkishness.
if you just can understand, if you just could look beyond your turkishness you would have grasped the idea how limited you are with your false pride.

i give up you win turkish is great! turkish language is very mathematical and turkey is a soul and heart of the earth! turks rule!

but let me just after pretending!

55.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:36 pm

FF,
You'd better master Turkish language quickly. In 15 years, all the world will be speaking only in Turkish. You dont want to look stupid then, do you? ))))))))))))))))

56.       Umut_Umut
485 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:37 pm

Hey. I have translated an article which is related to this topic. Sorry for my english cos I know i made mistakes.




Turkish Language's Mathematical Structure

Victor Hugo wrote his poems by using 40.000 words . Although Yaşar Kemal is one of the best writer, he use max 3.500 words in his novels. Its a common wisdom and its true. Because Turkish have less words than French. It has less words than English, German and Spanish too. But by using those datas, we cant say that Turkish is an incapable language. Because Turkish can explain more things with less words. If it includes more word, it wont be problem but its needless.

When you open your dictionary and write similar words which have little difference, you will see the same Turkish word. And you can think that this is the deficiency of Turkish but this is not. Because the languages that we talked about above are based on learning stationary meanings of words, and Turkish is based on dynamic interpretation. You should understand the right meaning of the word.

In Turkish, definitions that are written in a dictionary doesnt designate the meaning of a word. This word’s location in a sentence designates it. At this juncture, we can put forward that Turkish has infinite words. And the words in Turkish dictionaries are just for to reference.

When you look an English-Turkish dictionary for the meanings of sick , ill and patient you will always get hasta as the meanings of those words. In this sense we can say that English has 3 times more word than Turkish. But we cant say that in Turkish we dont emphasize the differences of those words. When you say böbrek hastası olmak (being kidney ill), internet hastası olmak (having internet passion) or filanca şarkının hastası olmak (being crazy about a song), the one who speaks Turkish would understand the difference of those words at once. Its not that hard to understand this situation. Get a pen and write this;

3 + 5 =.

12 + 5 =.

38 + 5 =.


We wrote +5 to all and we obtained different results. Just like in all words above we use hastası olmak but we explained different things. Turkish can explain more things by using less words because it based on Math. In all 15 symbol {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,+,-, /,*, (,)} we can do limitless arithmetical operations. Turkish has similar characteristics too. We can say that Turkish based on Math but beyond that Turkish is disguising form of Math.

If you know how to make plural in Turkish, that means you know how to make plural of the words that will be created 5 years later or the words that were used 300 years ago. Its just the same way with that; when you learn how to solve an equation that has 2 unknown subject like that {2X + Y = 15 if Y = 1 X=? }, you can solve all of that kinds equations. X and Y’s value is not important.

However, for example in English the verbs past form depends on the verb. (Go > Went / Do > Did) And when you try to make plural it also depends on the word. ( Foot > Feet / Boot > Boots not Beet ) There is no consistent logic. If you want to use those words and verbs, you just have to memorize words plural forms and verbs past forms.

But in Turkish you dont need to memorize stationary words, instead of it, its enough to learn dynamical rules. In Turkish there are nearly no exceptions. The exceptions are just minor examples. (For example according to vowel harmony, elma (apple) should be alma .) In Turkish, rules are strong and definite.

After that point i will give mathematical formules to concretize the relation between Math and Turkish language. And its best way is using binary code system. So it will be enough to use 0 and 1. [ 0 = Nonexistent ] [ 1 = Existent ]

Radical Word. (Ev)

Plural Addition. (-ler)

Mathematical Expression.

Ev 1.0. (Home)

Ev ler 1.1. (Homes)

Ler 0.1. (Plural Addition)

We can assume that every Turkish word is 2 bit. All singular words are 1.0 (have radical word, no plural addition) and all plural words are 1.1(have radical word and plural addition). This rule never changes. And in addition to this you cant make plural of a nonexisting word in any language but Turkish. If you say a man sadece”ler” {sadece : only -ler: plural form} he will reply like that ; anladık ler de neler ? (I understand ler but what?) Here its obvious that you say somethings plural form but the object is not clear.

Radical Adjective ( Kırmızı )

To Emphasize ( Kıpkırmızı )

To Weaken ( Kırmızımsı )

Mathematical Expression.

Kırmızı 0.1.0. (Red)

Kıpkırmızı 1.1.0. (Crimson)

Kırmızımsı 0.1.1. (Reddish)

Kıpkırmızımsı 1.1.1. ( There is no adjective like that )

This rule which is used for to strengthen and weaken the meaning of adjectives never changes too. If you want you can even create weird adjectives which are not exist in any dictionary. “Güneş doğmazdan evvel ufuk kıpkırmızımsı (Kıp + kırmızı + msı [1.1.1]) bir renk aldı.” {Before sunrise, horizon became dark reddish (kıpkırmızımsı )} When you say that sentence to a Turk, he would understand what you want to say. Because this adjective goes well with that rule which is known by all people who speaks Turkish.

Conjugation rules are not different too. Here we will use 3 bits for people and 2 bits for tenses. Multiple bit groups will couch those;


011 = ben. (I)

010 = sen. (You)

000 = o. (He/She/It)

111 = biz. (We)

110 = siz. (You)

100 = onlar. (They)

-.

00 = geniş zaman. ( Present Tense)

11 = şimdiki zaman. ( Present Continuous Tense)

10 = gelecek zaman. ( Future Tense)

01 = geçmiş zaman. ( Past Tense)

--------

Oku (Y) abil di m. ( I could read)

1.1.0.01.0.0.011.

Oku (Y) a maz mış sın. ( You could not read)

1.1.1.00.0.1.010.

Gel me (Y) ecek ti. ( He would not come)

1.0.1.10.1.0.000.

Git me dik. ( We didnt go)

1.0.1.01.0.0.111.

Şaşır abil ecek ti niz. ( You would be surprised)

1.1.0.10.1.0.110.

Bil (İ ) Yor lar. (They know)

1.0.0.11.0.0.100.



Putting in order of units (subject , object, verb) that generate sentence is not random too. Turkish sentences follows a kind of crescendo. All emphesis is upon the verb that takes the last part of the sentence. Other units importance are depend on their closeness of verb. When you put the unit near the verb its importance in the sentence will be increase.

If you change units location in a sentence, this sentence’s meaning will change too. For example;

1 - dün Ahmet camı kırdı. { dün(0001) Ahmet (0011) camı (0111) kırdı (1111) }

2 - dün camı Ahmet kırdı. { dün(0001) camı (0011) Ahmet (0111) kırdı (1111) }

3 - Ahmet dün camı kırdı. { Ahmet (0001) dün (0011) camı (0111) kırdı (1111) }

4 - Ahmet camı dün kırdı. { Ahmet (0001) camı (0011) dün (0111) kırdı(1111) }

5 - camı dün Ahmet kırdı. { camı (0001) dün (0011) Ahmet (0111) kırdı (1111) }

6 - camı Ahmet dün kırdı. { camı (0001) Ahmet (0011) dün (0111) kırdı (1111) }


Now we will discuss on those sentences above. Here all units is same ( camı will be camı in all sentences as all other units, verb always be 3. singular person and it always be past tense) but sentences meaning is changed by changing those units location.

1.Sentence : dün Ahmet camı kırdı. >>> Yesterday Ahmet made a thing. This thing was breaking the window.

2. Sentence : dün camı Ahmet kırdı. >>> He was Ahmet who broke the window yesterday. Guilty person is Ahmet.

3. Sentence : Ahmet dün camı kırdı. >>> Ahmet’s yesterdays work was breaking the window. Maybe the day before yesterday he read book.

4. Sentence : Ahmet camı dün kırdı. >>> Ahmet broke the window and it was yesterday when he broke.

5. Sentence : camı dün Ahmet kırdı. >>> The window was safe till yesterday and the one who broke it is Ahmet.

6. Sentence : camı Ahmet dün kırdı. >>> Ahmet would break the window in any case and he did it yesterday.


In every sentences, 1111 is the most important one than 0111 , 0011, 0001 comes. {1111 is verb kırdı. } Here, determinative thing of the meaning are the values of that every unit. A person who knows Turkish will understand the difference of those sentences at once.

If you want to say those examples above by using the languages whichs words have stationary meaning, you can just make 2 variation with changing time adverb (dün), except that if you want to give other meanings too you should change the mood (passive mood) or you should add some explanatory words.

57.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:38 pm

Quoting Prym:


First part is in English. I was talking to Dilara she is getting good in Turkish Learning progress


dilara is a hero! let us praise her!
but how shallow her desire to learn turkish is if after a criticism of mine or sunflowerseed she suddenly is discouraged!
was it false? did she learn the language because everybody praised the language?
this doesnt hold water.

Quoting Prym:


and we are talking about nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore they are only writing nasty things or making silly jokes around threads.



boring !!!

Quoting Prym:


There is no admin there is no real rules. I am here to practice my english and to help people like Dilara and they are minority


oh, it must be something that the language itself doesnt indeed attract, but only due to boyfriends (see dudus)
im sorry that you and dilara are the minority.

Quoting Prym:


PS: This is Turkish Class I don't think it is rude to write in Turkish.


nobody said its rude.

58.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:39 pm


Quoting AlphaF:

FF,
You'd better master Turkish language quickly. In 15 years, all the world will be speaking only in Turkish. You dont want to look stupid then, do you? ))))))))))))))))


lol

59.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:43 pm

Femme Fatal are you here to insult Turkey and Turkish people? You are rude and disrespectful Bütün postaların saçma sapan susayım dedim ama dayanamayacağım artık. Posta sayına bakılırsa uzun zamandır buradasın dolayısyla Türkçe yazmakta bir sakınca görmüyorum. Gerçekten niyetin ne? Çok merak ettim!!!

60.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:45 pm

double post.

61.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:48 pm

Ayrıca kimi övüp kimi övmeyeceğime ben karar veririm.

62.       TURQuazman
213 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 10:58 pm

Turkish is really mathematical language, most of you dont know what ARUZ means, it is an order used to design poems in old turkish, no poets in our time can not (an is not capable) use ARUZ. ARUZ's base depens on if a syllabel "open" or "close",
an open syllabel ends with a vowel
a close syllabel ends with a consonant

so each line's all syllabels are in the same order if it is open or close. and pattern may vary for theme, the age, the poet or general mood of public.

63.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 11:07 pm

Guys! Stop wasting your breath here..

1. Half the people here do not speak or understand Turkish
(most of them can not really be proud of their English either).
2. The rest thinks Math is a small town in England.

See what I mean?

64.       TURQuazman
213 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 11:13 pm

in addition: in most languages used today, 1500 words used in public.
Somebody here said Yaşar Kemal used 3500 word in his books comparing victor Hugo used 40000 words in poems.
Yaşar Kemal is a public writer and used a simple language, so you cant get him for a language usage comparison

if you compare victor Hugo to someone try these poets
Fuzuli (1480-1556)
Baki (1526-160
Nefi (1572-1635)
Naili (1610-1666)
Nedim (1681-173

65.       si++
3785 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 11:14 pm

Quoting someone here only to insult anything Turkish:

Quoting si++:

Quoting someone not so good at math:

sunflowerseed stated the fact.
the fact that we all know, but not many have a courage to speak.

1I + 2love = 3 you
european languages order
1+2=3
2+1=3

turkic languages
1+2=3
2+1=3
and also
3+1=2
1+3=2
3+2=1
2+3=1
lol very mathematical and very logic lol
turkic languages are jungles
it doesnt mean i dont respect the languages, it means im stating the facts.
and i know i hurt the patriotic feelings of turkic nations.
but sorry, this is the naked truth of our reality.

i just cant stand self praising people that have no basis to boast.


Your math is terrible.


oh dear, how shallow your thinking is!
gosh, i cant believe there are so many limited people on this earth! i just tried to draw how turkish can be used within the very simple math pattern namely 'a+b=c' (seemingly turks use another pattern 'a+b=ab').
but turkish logics differ from the very simple logics that rule in the world because it doesnt praise the turkishness.
if you just can understand, if you just could look beyond your turkishness you would have grasped the idea how limited you are with your false pride.

i give up you win turkish is great! turkish language is very mathematical and turkey is a soul and heart of the earth! turks rule!

but let me just after pretending!


You're talking nonsense.
Apprerantly you're only here to attack (at times insult) anything Turkish.

A small lecture.

Turkish is a postfix language compared to those which are infix (IE).

In infix notation, one writes the mathematical expression (25 * 10 + 50 )

In postfix notation, it becomes 25 10 * 50 +
(or 25 ile 10 u çarp 50 ekle, this is exactly how Turkish order is, sometimes they call it RPN or reverse Polish notation)

Postfix notation is indeed more efficient and commonly used in calculators from Hewlett-Packard for example. Another example of how efficient is forth language (check it out).

66.       Prym
192 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 11:15 pm

Quoting AlphaF:

Guys! Stop wasting your breath here..

1. Half the people here do not speak or understand Turkish (
(most of them can not really be proud of their English either).
2. The rest thinks Math is a small town in England.

See what I mean?



Yes you are right so Math is in England ha I am glad to learn it

67.       Umut_Umut
485 posts
 25 Dec 2007 Tue 11:16 pm

Quoting TURQuazman:

in addition: in most languages used today, 1500 words used in public.
Somebody here said Yaşar Kemal used 3500 word in his books comparing victor Hugo used 40000 words in poems.
Yaşar Kemal is a public writer and used a simple language, so you cant get him for a language usage comparison

if you compare victor Hugo to someone try these poets
Fuzuli (1480-1556)
Baki (1526-160
Nefi (1572-1635)
Naili (1610-1666)
Nedim (1681-173



Turquazman i think you should read all. And it wasnt me who compared. I just translated an article. Just read the whole article please.

68.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 12:52 am

Quoting si++:


You're talking nonsense.


prove it

Quoting si++:


Apprerantly you're only here to attack (at times insult) anything Turkish.


bla blah

Quoting si++:


A small lecture.

Turkish is a postfix language compared to those which are infix (IE).


on what basis you claim one language is a postfix and another infix?
teach me more, pls.

Quoting si++:


In infix notation, one writes the mathematical expression (25 * 10 + 50 )

In postfix notation, it becomes 25 10 * 50 +
(or 25 ile 10 u çarp 50 ekle, this is exactly how Turkish order is, sometimes they call it RPN or reverse Polish notation)

Postfix notation is indeed more efficient and commonly used in calculators from Hewlett-Packard for example. Another example of how efficient is forth language (check it out).


well, i checked out.
and how do you link rpn (may all glory go to jan lukasiewicz) to turkish?
on what basis?

69.       Dilara
1153 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 01:09 am

Quoting si++:

Quoting Someone good at Turkish:

Quoting Prym:

Quoting Dilara:

Why do all threads here have to be spoiled with out-of-topic remarks I wonder...!!!!!! even interesting ones like this!




I guess this is Turkish Class habit or traditon nobody cares to learn Turkish anymore. Senin gibi bir kaç kişi hariç. Cesaretin krılmasın çok iyi gidiyorsun.



Tesekkur ederim Prym!
Turkçe ogrenmek isteyen birkaç kisi var... insanlarin çogu artik yardim etmek istemiyor galiba , sadece nahoş seyler yaziyorlar...
Neden burada olduklarini bilmiyorum... sen biliyor musun?

Dilara, Türkçen harika. Takdir ettim.



Tesekkur ederim si++ yavas yavas iyilesiyor...

70.       TURQuazman
213 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 01:25 am

Quoting Umut_Umut:

Quoting TURQuazman:

in addition: in most languages used today, 1500 words used in public.
Somebody here said Yaşar Kemal used 3500 word in his books comparing victor Hugo used 40000 words in poems.
Yaşar Kemal is a public writer and used a simple language, so you cant get him for a language usage comparison

if you compare victor Hugo to someone try these poets
Fuzuli (1480-1556)
Baki (1526-160
Nefi (1572-1635)
Naili (1610-1666)
Nedim (1681-173



Turquazman i think you should read all. And it wasnt me who compared. I just translated an article. Just read the whole article please.



OK I am owner of MY WORDS, If I dont accept an idea I never think it is worthy, so something is NOT worthy there is NO NEED to SPEAK OUT
this means I read all passage

71.       si++
3785 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 07:46 am

Quoting Someone who seems to hate anything Turkish:

Quoting si++:


You're talking nonsense.


prove it

Quoting si++:


Apprerantly you're only here to attack (at times insult) anything Turkish.


bla blah

Quoting si++:


A small lecture.

Turkish is a postfix language compared to those which are infix (IE).


on what basis you claim one language is a postfix and another infix?
teach me more, pls.

Quoting si++:


In infix notation, one writes the mathematical expression (25 * 10 + 50 )

In postfix notation, it becomes 25 10 * 50 +
(or 25 ile 10 u çarp 50 ekle, this is exactly how Turkish order is, sometimes they call it RPN or reverse Polish notation)

Postfix notation is indeed more efficient and commonly used in calculators from Hewlett-Packard for example. Another example of how efficient is forth language (check it out).


well, i checked out.
and how do you link rpn (may all glory go to jan lukasiewicz) to turkish?
on what basis?


Get outta here.

You really hate Turks, don't you? That can't be for no reason. What did Turks did to you?

You jumped into this thread to attack us again like you always do. But this is wrong territory. Turkish is a great language and you can only bark at it. From a distance.

72.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 07:51 am

Quoting yilgun-7:


Türkçe Dünyanın en eski dillerinden biridir = Turkish language is the most important language in the world.


çok kuvvetli kelimeler !!!

it depends how you define the word "important". No particular language is more "important" than any other. It depends on your and users of a language circumstances. I mean, eg: if you are a monoglot Greek, then Greek is the most important language in your life,if you are born in one of African tribes you will speak African tribal dialect with all respect to its meaning ,grammar and pronouncation.Being a Turk ,Turkish is important language for you as your mother tongue and carrier of your social background and culture.
Judging the importance of one language over the rest is being trapped in catch 22 situation.

If importance is measured by amount of usage.....
Just a quotation from Nocturne Note(linguistic site)

The most commonly used language in the world is Mandarin. Over one billion people speak Mandarin as their mother tongue.
The next most common languages are:
English 500 million
Hindustani 497 million
Spanish 390 million
Russian 280 million
Arabic 250 million
Bengali 210 million
Portugese 190 million
Malay-Indonesian 160 million
These are the most important languages in terms of total population, but the world has 191 countries and over 6800 languages! Many of these languages are limited to very small geographic areas or small ethnic populations, but they're all fully evolved, complex, culturally rich linguistic systems.
Important languages in business and for Internet service providers
The languages that are important in international business, as an Internet service provider, depend largely on the specific business you are in, the service you provide, and where you are focusing your marketing efforts. In general, we can say that the following languages are key for most international service providers:
English
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
What makes a language important to business? It's partly a matter of target population, and it's partly the affluence of each population and their willingness to do business outside their local communities or nations.
Important languages in science and technology
The languages that are important in the fields of science and technology are arguably the following:
English
German
Russian
Spanish
What makes a language important to science and technology? It's primarily the amount of science being done in a given linguistic group, and partly the accessibility of that language to the larger scientific and technical community (either through bilingualism or through machine-mediated translation). "
Of course we can discuss why English,which seems to be illogical ( different spelling,pronouncation,fixed word order,etc..)took over ,but it is undeniable fact.




73.       kafesteki kus
0 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 07:56 am

Quoting AlphaF:

..... In 15 years, all the world will be speaking only in Turkish......


Is a new crusade being prepared by Alpha???

74.       longinotti1
1090 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 11:20 am

Quoting kafesteki kus:

Quoting AlphaF:

..... In 15 years, all the world will be speaking only in Turkish......


Is a new crusade being prepared by Alpha???



If Thomas Edward Lawrence had failed and the Oslmanli had survived World War I. Think about Oil politics. I wouldn't be working to learn Turkish. I would know it already.

75.       femme_fatal
0 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 06:19 pm

Quoting si++:


Get outta here.


please, dont bark!

Quoting si++:



You really hate Turks, don't you? That can't be for no reason. What did Turks did to you?


i dont think i hate turks, nor i do the language.

but i hate lies and false witnesses.

Quoting si++:



You jumped into this thread to attack us again like you always do. But this is wrong territory. Turkish is a great language and you can only bark at it. From a distance.


sorry, but you couldnt prove anything. thats why you are so angry. if i sat next to you, you would probably slit my throat. thats why im happy that im far away from you so that i can safely criticise and speak my own mind.
i just have disproved all your myths you made up to promote the turkishness.
stop spreading hatred, start accepting the truth.

turkish is great thats all you can say.
but you have nothing to support your statement.

76.       lady in red
6947 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 06:35 pm

Quoting catwoman:

Please write in English, many people don't understand what you're talking about.



Are they incable of using a dictionary? Presumably if they are here to learn Turkish then they will own a Turkish one.

77.       SunFlowerSeed
841 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 06:40 pm

Language fights vol.XXXXX

I saw that people were not happy with my comment.
And it looks like nobody got what I meant.

I am just trying to take your attention how it is a waste of time trying to show your language as the perfect one for humanity.

I read 2 books about languages, well... long time ago; (don't remember exact names, sorry)
1. was Türkçenin gücü (Power of Turkish)
2. was Power of English

In the English one, I think the author was American, he was boasting English over other languages and comparing English with other languages.
Having the richest vocabulary, having a perfect grammar for every situation, the present perfect tense etc.

I don't remember if the author of Türkçenin gücü was comparing Turkish with other languages, but she was also boasting Turkish.

And I believe there are similar books in almost every languages in the world.

There are about 3000 languages spoken in the world nowadays.
The number is not exact, there are dead languages and dying ones. And even with the languages, which have a handful of speakers, it has never been a problem for the speaker to express his/her thoughts to the other party of the same language.

There are language families, as we know, they are usually grouped according to their grammatical similarities. Turkish has relatives in this family, so it is a bit easier for those people to learn Turkish when it comes to speak with thinking. A member of the family can speak another language, if s/he knows enough words, slowly with thinking every word.
As I started to learn Korean, a family member language with Turkish, I could speak better and faster than my European schoolmates in my class. But it doesn't mean that I can speak that language perfectly in 1 day. But it is true that I learnt faster. But another European friend who stayed in Korea 1 year could speak better than me.

People speak without thinking, so no language is a problem for its speakers, thus there is no perfect single language for humanity, since everybody can speak his/her language as s/he wishes.
But when it comes to learn another language, especially the ones having a very different grammar structure than your first language, can give you a shock at the beginning.
But, after some time spent with learning/studying, you will know how to adapt your brain to that language, so you won't need to do mathematical calculations to speak it.

When you study a foreign language, the flexibility of your brain improves. So when it comes to a point, you will not need any math or pre-thinking to express your ideas.

Turkish is a logical language according to linguists but not the perfect one in the world. There are many logical languages, such as Finnish, Korean, Hungarian etc.
But being logical doesn't mean that it is easy to grasp that logic for everybody. You need to know all suffixes and words and how to combine them together to be able to speak it. And while studying those grammatical details you also start to speak without thinking, since it requires a great amount of time and study to master a language. So being logical is not a big advantage for foreigners to speak Turkish. Or being unlogical doesn't mean that language is not learnable.
For example; English for Turkish people.
(See i made up that "learnable" word with my simple English knowledge, and also sure that it is wrong because my software is underlining the word with red line) But I think you have understood what I meant.

For simple phrases that are used in daily life, you just memorize them, you don't need any logic.

There is no perfect language which doesn't have irregularities in its grammar. English has more, Turkish has less. I think French has the most. But the speakers of English and French are more than Turkish. So, nobody cares whatever the language they speak is logical or not.

Do we know how our brain stores the data ?
Do we know what is its logic ?
Do we know if the logic of a language is applicable to our brains ?
Can someone teach me Swahili in one week ? (Which also sounds like a logical language)

So, it is better not to boast a language over others and try to show a language is better than another one.

Keep studying hard whatever language you are trying to learn.

78.       Dilara
1153 posts
 26 Dec 2007 Wed 07:10 pm

Quoting SunFlowerSeed:

Language fights vol.XXXXX

I saw that people were not happy with my comment.
And it looks like nobody got what I meant.

I am just trying to take your attention how it is a waste of time trying to show your language as the perfect one for humanity.

I read 2 books about languages, well... long time ago; (don't remember exact names, sorry)
1. was Türkçenin gücü (Power of Turkish)
2. was Power of English

In the English one, I think the author was American, he was boasting English over other languages and comparing English with other languages.
Having the richest vocabulary, having a perfect grammar for every situation, the present perfect tense etc.

I don't remember if the author of Türkçenin gücü was comparing Turkish with other languages, but she was also boasting Turkish.

And I believe there are similar books in almost every languages in the world.

There are about 3000 languages spoken in the world nowadays.
The number is not exact, there are dead languages and dying ones. And even with the languages, which have a handful of speakers, it has never been a problem for the speaker to express his/her thoughts to the other party of the same language.

There are language families, as we know, they are usually grouped according to their grammatical similarities. Turkish has relatives in this family, so it is a bit easier for those people to learn Turkish when it comes to speak with thinking. A member of the family can speak another language, if s/he knows enough words, slowly with thinking every word.
As I started to learn Korean, a family member language with Turkish, I could speak better and faster than my European schoolmates in my class. But it doesn't mean that I can speak that language perfectly in 1 day. But it is true that I learnt faster. But another European friend who stayed in Korea 1 year could speak better than me.

People speak without thinking, so no language is a problem for its speakers, thus there is no perfect single language for humanity, since everybody can speak his/her language as s/he wishes.
But when it comes to learn another language, especially the ones having a very different grammar structure than your first language, can give you a shock at the beginning.
But, after some time spent with learning/studying, you will know how to adapt your brain to that language, so you won't need to do mathematical calculations to speak it.

When you study a foreign language, the flexibility of your brain improves. So when it comes to a point, you will not need any math or pre-thinking to express your ideas.

Turkish is a logical language according to linguists but not the perfect one in the world. There are many logical languages, such as Finnish, Korean, Hungarian etc.
But being logical doesn't mean that it is easy to grasp that logic for everybody. You need to know all suffixes and words and how to combine them together to be able to speak it. And while studying those grammatical details you also start to speak without thinking, since it requires a great amount of time and study to master a language. So being logical is not a big advantage for foreigners to speak Turkish. Or being unlogical doesn't mean that language is not learnable.
For example; English for Turkish people.
(See i made up that "learnable" word with my simple English knowledge, and also sure that it is wrong because my software is underlining the word with red line) But I think you have understood what I meant.

For simple phrases that are used in daily life, you just memorize them, you don't need any logic.

There is no perfect language which doesn't have irregularities in its grammar. English has more, Turkish has less. I think French has the most. But the speakers of English and French are more than Turkish. So, nobody cares whatever the language they speak is logical or not.

Do we know how our brain stores the data ?
Do we know what is its logic ?
Do we know if the logic of a language is applicable to our brains ?
Can someone teach me Swahili in one week ? (Which also sounds like a logical language)

So, it is better not to boast a language over others and try to show a language is better than another one.

Keep studying hard whatever language you are trying to learn.



Nobody wants to fight SunFlowerSeed , dont see it like this in spite of the fact that THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE who love to transform EVERY SINGLE THREAD into one "fight" .
If you consider that your words were misunderstood , you have all the right to clarify things.

79.       SunFlowerSeed
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 26 Dec 2007 Wed 07:13 pm

Yup, the title was harsh.

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