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cok vs biraz
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27 Nov 2008 Thu 03:07 pm |
I know çok means "much" or "many" and az means "little" or "few" and biraz means "a little" or "any" or "some" or "a bit"
What is the difference? When do I use çok az and when do I use biraz?
I know the following phrases:
Çok az Türkce biliyorum. (I know a little bit of Turkish.)
Seni çok ozledim. (I miss you a lot)
Biraz daha yavaþ konuþun. (Speak a little slower.)
I am confused as to why I use çok az instead of biraz to say "I know a little bit of Turkish." I guess I don´t understand how çok and az work together.
Teþekküler.
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27 Nov 2008 Thu 03:19 pm |
You´d use biraz to say "a little" and çok az to say "very little"(as in almost not at all) - so I think it´s a difference in degree - to me biraz is more than çok az. So, for example, to say "I speak a little Turkish" I´d use biraz and probably mean that I know some grammar and quite a few words. If I used çok az in the same sentence, I´d probably mean that I know how to say hello and ask where the bathroom is in Turkish. 
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27 Nov 2008 Thu 03:27 pm |
Okay, so it is grammatically correct to say "Biraz Türkce biliyorum"?
So çok by itself means "very" or "much" as in seni çok ozledim?
I just realized I don´t know how to ask where the bathroom is in Turkish!
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27 Nov 2008 Thu 04:05 pm |
Okay, so it is grammatically correct to say "Biraz Türkce biliyorum"?
So çok by itself means "very" or "much" as in seni çok ozledim?
I just realized I don´t know how to ask where the bathroom is in Turkish!
1-I think so-that´s what I say and I´m understood. (if you said çok az.... you would be saying very little as opposed to a little)
2-yes
3 Tuvalet nerede,lütfen? 
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27 Nov 2008 Thu 05:39 pm |
Have you ever heard the "One Semester of Spanish Love Song"? It´s hilarious. Here´s the YouTube link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngRq82c8Baw; it is for Spanish, but I´m sure one could as easily be made about Turkish or any other language .
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28 Nov 2008 Fri 01:40 pm |
That was great! But while I watching it I realized I´ve never taken a Spanish class, but after traveling in Spain for six weeks, I understood more Spanish in that song that I do after studying Turkish almost every night for six weeks!
Teþekküler!
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 05:18 pm |
´WC nerede, lutfen´ - and wait for them to point the way!
Pronounce WC - Ve Çe (Je) - in voice Ve Çe (Je) - yokmu, Turkler?
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 05:41 pm |
´WC nerede, lutfen´ - and wait for them to point the way!
Pronounce WC - Ve Çe (Je) - in voice Ve Çe (Je) - yokmu, Turkler?
Why would you ask for W.C. in Turkish? How would a Turk understand this as it stands for water closet?
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 06:01 pm |
Why would you ask for W.C. in Turkish? How would a Turk understand this as it stands for water closet?
If you say WC in english just a few person will understand it , if you prefer ve ce (not ve çe) many Turk will understand it.
But if i were you i would prefer tuvalet or lavabo. Tuvalet nerde ? Lavabo nerde? (If you wanna be polite (!!) you should prefer lavabo)
We Turks have lots of words for toilet. Nearly 12 
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 06:04 pm |
If you say WC in english just a few person will understand it , if you prefer ve ce (not ve çe) many Turk will understand it.
But if i were you i would prefer tuvalet or lavabo. Tuvalet nerde ? Lavabo nerde? (If you wanna be polite (!!) you should prefer lavabo)
We Turks have lots of words for toilet. Nearly 12 
I find crossing my legs, jumping up and down with a pained expression on my face normally works
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 06:05 pm |
I find crossing my legs, jumping up and down with a pained expression on my face normally works
The best way 
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 06:05 pm |
I find crossing my legs, jumping up and down with a pained expression on my face normally works
How old are you??? 5?? 
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 06:11 pm |
mental age...probably!!
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 07:13 pm |
If you say WC in english just a few person will understand it , if you prefer ve ce (not ve çe) many Turk will understand it.
But if i were you i would prefer tuvalet or lavabo. Tuvalet nerde ? Lavabo nerde? (If you wanna be polite (!!) you should prefer lavabo)
We Turks have lots of words for toilet. Nearly 12 
12, Why?????????
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 07:16 pm |
12, Why?????????
Who knows Maybe we dont like this word so we always change it ehehe
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 07:19 pm |
That was great! But while I watching it I realized I´ve never taken a Spanish class, but after traveling in Spain for six weeks, I understood more Spanish in that song that I do after studying Turkish almost every night for six weeks!
Teþekküler!
besides English I´ve learned six other languages by the age of 18. I think is going to take me 10 years to learn turkish. Just when I think i´ve got it, I just realize nope I do not. It is a little odd for me, so many things are implied which should make it simpler but, not for me. 
So I kind of know how you feel.
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 07:21 pm |
12, Why?????????
You could probably find 12 in English too if you thought about it.
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 07:34 pm |
You could probably find 12 in English too if you thought about it.
lol i got to 9 
Where is the ......
WC
Toilet
Loo
Bog
Washroom
Lavatory
Lav
Ladies/ Gents
powder room
Yes people i am bored and have far to much time on my hands 
Edit..+ one more - dunny
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:01 pm |
Well done insallah!
Plus head
john
even bathroom
Also historically ´crapper´
Any advance on 14!
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:14 pm |
never heard of head before well not in this context anyway
As for my previous "Dunny" i checked the spelling to be sure on the sites dictionary(dyslexic on board) and it tells me that in english it means stupid and deaf..... this is very wrong ha ha how confusing for the learners. perhaps dummy is better 
we will have people wanting to call someone stupid but saying toilet instead
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:17 pm |
never heard of head before wel not in this context anyway
As for my previous "Dunny" i checked the spelling to be sure on the sites dictionary(dyslexic on board and it tells me that in english it means stupid and deaf.....surely this is wrong ha ha how confusing for the learners. perhaps dummy is better 
we will have people wanting to call someone stupid but saying toilet instead
´head´ is what they call it on a boat.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070307051922AAFRWyV
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:21 pm |
never heard of head before well not in this context anyway
As for my previous "Dunny" i checked the spelling to be sure on the sites dictionary(dyslexic on board) and it tells me that in english it means stupid and deaf..... this is very wrong ha ha how confusing for the learners. perhaps dummy is better 
we will have people wanting to call someone stupid but saying toilet instead
Stop it! ´Head´ is what they call the toilets in the navy.
Dunny is Australian
Another old-fashioned word is ´privy´ also ´karzi´ (not sure of spelling)
´Little girl´s room´/´Little boy´s room
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:26 pm |
(khazi)
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04 Dec 2008 Thu 08:31 pm |
Yeh - that´s what I thought originally but couldn´t find it and after I posted I looked it up and got this:
Karzi [karsey, karsy] noun: British Slang. lavatory, bathroom, where women congregate and talk. (Source: Ye olde cockney bloke.)
Then I found it your way as well! It´s not a really a word a LAAADEEE would use anyway is it?!  
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