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Thread: Time is running out :(

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 10:05 pm

Gimme a link then

Thread: I. Mastar Hali - The Infinitive

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 10:05 pm

Quoting Elisa:

- TÃ¼rkÃ§e Ã¶ğrenmek istiyordum

Oh no........

Here we go again with a mixed tense between present continuous and past :-S

Thread: Time is running out :(

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bod
5999 posts

29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:57 pm

Quoting miss_ceyda:

- turkish tv

I don't ever watch English TV!!!

I am certainly not paying afortune to get Turkish TV

Thread: Time is running out :(

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:55 pm

That was my original plan.......

Both myself and my girlfriend (mumfitt on here) were going to go to a college to learn TÃ¼rkÃ§e - but there are no colleges locally that do language courses in Turkish The nearest one I have found is in Leeds which is about a 2 hour drive away :-S

So unfortunately, going on a course is not a practical option

Thread: I. Mastar Hali - The Infinitive

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:48 pm

Quoting miss_ceyda:

so the correct way to say i want to go is:
gitmeyi istiyorum
but we can still say
gitmeyi istiyorum
right?

I assume you mean we can still say "gitmek istiyorum"

I think that has to be true because otherwise there would never be a real example of "mastar hali". My understanding is that the use of bare infinitives is OK so long as the verb in the infinitive does not have a subject.

Thread: I. Mastar Hali - The Infinitive

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:38 pm

Quoting erdinc:

Yolu biliyor musun?

Appears to literally translate as:
Do you know the road?

Would I be right that the meaningful translation for this is actaully:
"Do you know the way?"

Thread: Verbal Nouns

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:24 pm

Quoting deli:

Quoting erdinc:

Verbal adjectives and verbal adverbs are the most advanced topic in Turkish grammar. If you learn them properly you will have covered most of the topics.

By the way, to our learners who are not interested in grammar may I add that you don't need to become an expert on Turkish grammar at all to learn the language.

i am so relieved to hear this because my english grammer isnt very good i have been slightly put off trying to learn this beautiful language but because i dont find the grammer easy to understand i have become nervous abouy continueing my studies ,but to be told that it is not to important to learn all grammer rules this encourages me to continue ,thanks for that erdinc sorry about imla yanlisi

There is no need to understand the grammar of any language in order to be able to speak it........think about how you learned your native language - you did not learn the grammatical rules first and then start talking did you? Of course you didn't - you were good at making yourself understood well before you knew what "grammar" meant!!!

Thread: Time is running out :(

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:19 pm

My time is running out

It is two months today since I first started learning TÃ¼rkÃ§e.......but I only have another 6 months and two weeks before I return to TÃ¼rkiye!!!

I really don't feel I am learning quickly enough and I am unsure what to do to try and get better at the language - any suggestions anyone???

Thread: Mixing verb tenses

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 09:11 pm

This site says there are 5 fundemental tenses in TÃ¼rkÃ§e - but implies there are actually more.......

1. Present simple tense (Geniş zaman)
2. Present continuous tense (Şimdiki zaman)
3. Future tense (Gelecek zaman)
4. Past tense with -di (-di'li geÃ§miş zaman) --> Regular past tense
5. Past tense with -miş (-miş'li geÃ§miş zaman) --> Also called the story past tense

Are there actually more?????

If we mix present continuous and past (past continuous???) is that actually another tense or is it a 'mood'? I don't understand what you mean by moods although I have seen the term before.

Thread: Mixing verb tenses

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bod
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29 Jan 2006 Sun 08:22 pm

I came across this sentence recently:
DÃ¼n bÃ¼tÃ¼n gÃ¼n matematik Ã§alışıyordum

In this sentence the verb "Ã§alışmak" seems to have the suffixes for both present continuous and past tenses :-S Is this a sixth tense or a mix of tenses or something else???

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