My Try:

You must know in which corner of my heart those are whom I regard as friends. For instance you must know when one touches my rose the thorn will prick.

Couldn´t we just see it as a result of the Turkish enthusiasm to change everything into nouns?

Do you really feel it is an adverb here?

Thank you stumpy, I will play with it again.

This was recently translated here:

                     http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_54242

1. Unmarked means ´without suffix´, yes.

2. There is no marking of present tense in

                                 Mutfakta otur|uyor|um.

-Iyor- stands for progressive/continuous aspect.

How come we understand it is present then? Because obviously it is not past (there is no past tense marking).

3. -(A/I)r is not a present tense marking either. In present tense forms it denotes imperfective aspect. In past tense forms it is there to express habituality.

4. Yes, you are right, si++:

                                   3rd person sg is the unmarked PERSON.

I saw the difficult time had no intention to go away. I grabbed a chair for him  -  please feel yourself at home. Come, my fellow, take a seat, I said.

If I am mixing it it´s because I don´t want it to stick to the pan and burn.

I am not going to run after anyone. But if he is a human being we can walk together.

(My Tries Only.)

Well it crossed my mind.

Flying on THY I tried to ask the air hostess for elma suyu. She didn´t understand me until I said it in English.

If learners were asked what the present tense marking in Turkish is many would say it is –Iyor. That’s what beginner level lessons teach.

Well it’s not. Present tense has no marking. We recognize present tense from the missing past tense marking.

-Iyor only tells us that the action is continuing or progressive and it can as well occur together with the past tense –DI. It works very much the same way as BE + -ing in English.

Within every grammatical category there is usually an unmarked member. I guess this is a universal fact, part of the economy of language. The unmarked forms are those which are most frequently used and the most simple in meaning. There is no big surprise in the list of Turkish unmarked categories.

Singular is the unmarked NUMBER.

Present is the unmarked TENSE.

Imperative is the unmarked MODE.

Absolutive (Nominative) is the unmarked CASE.

Active is the unmarked VOICE.

In many languages Masculine is the unmarked GENDER but in Turkish fortunately we don’t have to worry about that.

I think markedness is such a foxy feature in human languages I just had to share my remarks about it. Feel free to correct me or to continue from where I finished.

When can we expect Google street view of Istanbul or is it me who just can´t use it? I can only fly over the roofs in some places.