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Thread: Şu hafta sonu

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 01:04 pm

Quoting Elisa:

"Şu hafta sonu" is "that weekend". I think you better say "bu hafta sonu".

I thought that "şu" was a little further away than "bu" but not as far as "o"........I used "şu" because the weekend isn't actually here yet.

A bit like:
bu kitap - this book (in my hand)
şu kitap - this book (that I am pointing to)
o kitap - that book (over there)

Thread: Declining an offer

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 12:34 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:

/-den hoşlanmamak: to not like/to dislike

So hoşlanmıyorsun would mean 'you don't like' right?

WinMekMak translates it as:
sen hoşlanmıyorsun
you are not liking

But I am sure that "you do not like" would be a better translation!!!

Quoting Deli_kizin:

and AMAZIN, finally no trouble with those letters!

Did you get the keyboard layout working or are you relying on the buttons at the top???

Thread: why do women fall in love with turkish guys?:)))

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 12:22 pm

Quoting ramayan:

bod u dont need to reply

That's never stopped me yet :-S

*GiGGLe*

Thread: What are you listening now?

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bod
5999 posts

27 Jan 2006 Fri 12:20 pm

Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache

Thread: Verbal Nouns

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 12:17 pm

Quoting Elisa:

Isn't it just a question of consonant harmony? -k becomes -ğ when a vowel follows, I think that's all there is to it.

Well yes - but the bit that was confusing me was I had never seen it without a following vowel......so I wasn't sure that -dik and -diği were actually the same suffix (with added -i of course)

I hadn't realised that -dik cannot be a terminal suffix. It always has to have a possessive suffix after it - is that always right?

Thread: Verbal Nouns

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 12:05 pm

Thank you ErdinÃ§ - another 'lump' of TÃ¼rkÃ§e has just dropped into place I think

One thing that was not clear to me from your explanations is how '-dik' changes to '-diği'. I have worked it out although it has taken me nearly an hour so I am going to explain it for the sake of other learners and also so others can check that my understanding is actually correct!

There are essentially two types of participles - 'standard' (I'm sure they have a name!!!) and personal. 'Standard' participles do not take a person suffix whereas personal participles do.

'Standard' Participles:
-miş (Past Participle)
-r (Aorist Participle)
-en (Present Participle)
-ecek (Future Participle)

Personal Participles:
-dik (Present Personal Participle)
-ecek (Future Personal Participle)

All personal participates take a personal suffix:
-im , in , i , imiz , iniz , leri
So -dik always takes a personal suffix and if it is 3rd person singular 'i' then it becomes -diği

Is that about right???
Is there a past and/or aorist personal participle???

Thread: Şu hafta sonu

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bod
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27 Jan 2006 Fri 11:04 am

Şu hafta sonu kervanımızda tatil yapacakız
Fakat dışarı kar yağmak başlar

This weekend we are going away in our caravan
However it has started to snow outside