Yes, look at that. Good you noticed, AlphaF.

My Try:

Some people  - more than one  -  broke my heart but I have forgiven them. Maybe they judged me of being naive. Maybe they even slyly laughed to themselves. But what they forgot is this: I was not deceived. It was all the time them who were mistaken but they couldn´t understand this. Because a human being does not know what she has lost. Because losing has become a habit for them.

In fact, I did not lose anyone. Only when the time was ripe I knew how to give up, that´s all.

AlphaF is in patriotic feelings today.

My favourite grammar. It finally understands the vague borders between Turkish parts of speech and the way tense, aspect and modality are tied together in Turkish verb suffixation. I very much recommend it to Turks also. But maybe not to learners taking their first steps.

No big deal. No deal at all. (Sorry, I didn´t check carefully whom I was quoting. My eyes must have been crossed.)

No good deed ever made me as happy

as the sins I committed with you.

My Try:

Don´t love it like it is everything there is, love it for what it is worth

because you are going to break to the degree your expectations were.

My Try:

Life is a road whose end is not known.

You never know what and when

comes your way.

Sometimes it takes something from you and you can´t catch it.

Sometimes you want to escape from what life has brought to you

but you can´t.

That´s how life is

in a way you can´t understand it.

And there is one reality:

you won´t find happiness without tasting pain.

Is there a phrase to use when you suggest someone being on first name terms? I know the verb is biriyle senli benli olmak or biriyle samimi olmak but how is it suggested in a civilized way?

Some indirect questions just for fun. May I ask?

1. I wonder who built that enormous bridge. Kimin o kocaman köprüyü bina ettiğini merak ediyorum.

2. I want to find out what Brazil is like. Brazilya’nın nasıl olduğunu öğrenmek istiyorum.

3. I can’t remember if Boccaccio wrote The Decameron. Boccaccio’nun Decameron’u yazıp yazmadığını hatırlamıyorum.

4. Can you tell me how you do it? Onu nasıl yapacağını anlatabilir misin?

5. I’d like to know who you met at the party. Kiminle partide buluştuğunu bilmek istiyorum.

6. I wonder how long you have been waiting for me. Ne kadar zamandır beni bekliyorsun acaba?

7. Nobody cares what happened to them. Onlara ne oldu kimsenin umurunda değil.

8. Can you tell me how important that meeting is to the company? Bu toplantının şirket için ne kadar önemli olduğunu bana anlatabilir misin?

9. Nobody remembers when the film was produced. Kimse filmin ne zaman yapıldığını bilmez.

10. I don’t know if they have flown an ultralight, too. Çok hafif bir uçak da uçup uçmadıklarını bilmiyorum.

11. I can’t remember what it is called in English. İngilizcesinin ne olduğunu hatırlamıyorum./ İngilizce nasıl denildiğini hatırlamıyorum.

12. I’d like to know if people should be allowed to smoke in public places. İnsanların umumi yerlerde sigara içmesine izin verilmesinin gerekip gerekmediğini bilmek isterdim.

13. Could you tell me where the nearest bank is please? Lütfen, en yakın bankanın nerede olduğunu anlatabilir misiniz?

14. Do you know when the last train is on Saturday night? Cumartesi günü en son trenin ne zaman olduğunu biliyor musunuz?

15. Have you any idea how much two tickets cost? İki biletin fiyatının ne olduğu konusunda bir fikriniz var mı?

16. Would you mind telling me why you can’t come in to work? İçeri çalışmaya neden giremeyeceğini anlatırsan yoksa olur mu?