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nifrtity, make sure you don´t miss the correction tunci made in one of my sentences: Hayvanat bahçesini ziyaret iyi olur.

Űç gün önce bana gönderdiğin mesaj gerçekten benim için idi ya da yanlış alıcıyı seçtin mi? (Just wait, Lady_A, they will hurry up and correct it for you now.)

I didn´t recognize the word gayri until you showed its origin. Of course.

There was another funny Arabicism is my sentences, did you notice? They pronounce jumhuriyyah with plosive g- (like in the English gossip) here in Egypt, that´s why I wrote cumhurbaşkanı with g- also. It looked like a typo but it was not.

If I could attach pictures I would serve you a big cup of tea after this job, tunci, but as I can´t you will have to settle for my sincere thanks.

I am happy about the structures, they were mostly in their places. But choosing the correct vocabulary for each purpose seems to stay an impossible task for me. I will always stay the shabby woman with the funny language.

One thing only paid my attention in your corrections: the dictionary gives müslüman and claims

1. Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari has been asked to join a private mission to North Korea. Önceki Finlandiya gumhurbaşkanı ve Nobel Barış Ödülü sahibi Martti Ahtisaari’den Kuzey Kore’ye giden hususi delegasyona katılması rica edildi.

2. When you are not performing your duties well or if the company no longer needs you, you may be asked to resign. Sen görevlerini iyi yapmayınca ya da şirketin sana daha ihtiyacı olmasa işten ayrılman rica edilebilir.

3. The Pope urged the faithful should pray to Virgin Mary for the financial crisis gripping Europe. Papa müminlere Avrupa’yı etkileyen ekonomik krize karşı Hazreti Meryeme dua etmeleri için ısrar etti.

4. Why aren´t non-muslims allowed to visit the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia? Niye gayrı Müslümanlara Suudi Arabistan’daki kutsal şehir Mekke’yi ziyaret etmeye izin verilmez?

5. I am not allowed to watch Southpark when I´m supposed to be working. Çalışıyor olmam lazımken Southpark’ı seyretmemeliyim.

6. Your account may not be allowed to perform this action. Hesabiniz bu işi yapamabilir.

7. Why am I not allowed to use my cell phone in airplanes or hospitals? Neden uçak ile hastanelerde cep telefonumu kullanamam?

8. Dad let me use his car all weekend. Baba tüm haftasonu arabasını kullanmama izin verdi.

9. My evil parents made me study all weekend for my exams. Fena ana babam beni tüm haftasonu sınavlarıma çalıştırdılar.

10. You are not allowed to talk in the library. Kütüphanede konuşulamaz.

11. Thousands of students at colleges and universities were told not to come in for classes due to the stormy weather. Yüksekokul ile üniversitelerin binlerce öğrencisine fırtına yüzünden ders için gelmemeleri söylendi.

12. Homeless children are forced to live in cars. Evsiz çocuklar arabalarda yaşamak zorunda kalıyorlar.

13. Apple does not recommend leaving your portable computer plugged in all the time. Apple taşınabilir bilgisayarınızı her zaman fişte bırakmayı tavsiye etmez.

14. School bus drivers were ordered to remove Christmas decorations, including snowflakes, snowmen, elves, Santa Claus and angels from their buses. Okul otobüsü sürücülerine kar tanesi, kardan adam, kuzey geyik, Noel Baba ve melekler gibi Noel süslemeyi çıkarmaları emredildi.

Thanks, Henry. I will deninitely see your link. (Great, we are learning English here as a bonus.)

My try for the last part:

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We are going to Saxon Switzerland by boat.

İsviçreyinin sakson sandalda gidiyoruz

İsviçre’deki Sakson’a gemiyle gidiyoruz.

(ile is used for vehicles. Dative case is used for going somewhere, Henry explained the use of ‘ above.)

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Dresden is one of the most interesting and one of the nicest towns.

Dresden en ilginç ve en bir iyi şehir için iyi şehirlerde

Dresden, en ilginç ve en güzel şehirlerden biri.

(Look at the structure –lerden biri ’one of the –s’.)

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Come back next year.

gelecek yılda geri gelecksin

Gelecek yıl geri gel.

(As a thumb rule, you can drop case endings from time expressions like this. Remember separately those which need case endings. Imperative sg 2^nd = verb root.)

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A visit to the zoo would be nice.

Bir hayvanat bahçesi ziyaretin iyi mi?

Hayvanat bahçesi ziyaret iyi olur.

(There is talk about a definite place > no bir. And it’s not a question, dear.)

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Dresden has got nice surroundings.

İyi ortam Dresdende var

Dresden’in güzel bir çevresi var.

(nifrtity, go study possessive construction X+ gen - Y+ possessive suffix - var/yok. It is not difficult and you need it a lot.)

Thank you, MarioninTurkey. I like it when someone corrects my English.

I think I am going to give it a try:

Life is strange: sometimes people who you believe to be so high that you cannot crane enough to reach them may actually be so low that you cannot stoop deep enough to reach them.