Friends

AN EYE FOR AN EYE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND - Mahatma Gandhi

I could list a pile of atrocities in Turkey (3 people in Malatya in May, one of them I knew his wife as a customer of the story) and many things we did wrong as Brits around the world, and probably are still doing, and sadly probably now and again will still do. But I wont, as that dont solve anything, bring any of us nearer to understanding each other etc.

There should be a difference between being proud of your own nation (a positive virtue) and racist to others (a negative and ugly trait).

Can't we just try to get on? And cut off this thread here? I had hoped this class was one of mates who were trying to understand each other and help each other graduate!

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I agree it was a tough one, I am still not sure if baya was short for bayan or not.

Yazsana is one of the imperative forms of yaz that means write, but it is pretty colloquial. The politer form is yazar mısın or lütfen bana yaz.

You can use yazsana between friends to mean something like "hey write to me", or maybe a boss would use it when frustrated with a member of staff, or a parent to a child. For the boss/parent example it can have "For goodness sake, just write" overtones, depending on your voice! If you were talking to a person you look up to I wouldn't use it!!

The Turkish ain't great, so we have to guess a bit!

The last two are:

Hey, write to me my love

You should learn Turkish

Dont apologise. It is a terrible situation to be in, as emotions are strong and powerful. Its not easy, but you have to do what will make you happy in the long run whatever that is. Just know you can believe in yourself, and you are worth something.

Oh my friend ... be careful!

You say he just laughed at you in front of his friends, even though you were crying.

So why promise him you will be true to him no matter if he isnt to you?

Take a good look at yourself in the mirror. See how nice you are. How much you deserve to be respected. How much you deserve a guy who will listen to your feelings AND RESPOND. You have so much love to give, does this guy really deserve it?

Barbra Streisand says "I don't sing victim songs any more."

No probs

İyi yolculuklar HAppy travelling

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