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1.       bod
5999 posts
 14 Jun 2006 Wed 09:20 pm

Is there an equivelent in Turkish to the English conjunction "how to" or is it implied by the context of the sentence?

For example:
I know how to drive my car

Would that simply be:
Arabam sürmeyi biliyorum
or does it need something like:
Arabam yöntem sürmeyi biliyorum

2.       oceanmavi
997 posts
 14 Jun 2006 Wed 09:29 pm

wouldn't it be 'nasil sürmek' or something, the same as english?

3.       bod
5999 posts
 14 Jun 2006 Wed 09:39 pm

Quoting oceanmavi:

wouldn't it be 'nasil sürmek' or something, the same as english?



I don't know.....
That is why I was asking lol

I also want to know when yöntem is used!

4.       nicksiz
20 posts
 15 Jun 2006 Thu 10:03 am

I know how to drive.

Arabayı nasıl süreceğimi biliyorum.
Araba sürmeyi biliyorum.

it has more than one meanings, you know you can't translate a sentence perfectly(sometimes )

also we use "yöntem" when you say;
I know the way to drive this car.
Bu arabayı kullanmanın yöntemini biliyorum.
Bu arabayı kullanmanın yolunu biliyorum.

ps: turks mostly use te second one

5.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 17 Jun 2006 Sat 01:30 pm

yöntem is mostly "method". also it is in Turkish: metod.

For example, there is a math problem. and so there is a method to solve this problem. then you use:
Bu problemin çözüm yönetmini biliyorum.
Bu problemi çözme metodunu biliyorum.
I know hot to solve this problem.

But usually, "yöntem" is not using normally for habits/abilities. "Drive" also doesnt neeed to used as "yöntem"

Araba kullanmayı biliyor musun? - Can you drive a car?
Bisiklet sürmeyi biliyor musun? - Can you drivce a bicycle?
Yemek yapmayı biliyor musun? - Can you cook?

We dont use "how to", but instead of it, maybe this is ok:

Nasıl araba kullanıldığını biliyorum.
Nasıl bisiklet sürüldüğünü biliyorum.
Nasıl yemek yapıldığını biliyorum.

If you realize, we use passive for the verb.
...araba kullanıldığını...
not "araba kullanmak" directly.

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