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Thread: another word game
5421.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 07:59 pm

Quoting sophie:

gerçekten? - really?



gülümsüyorum - I smile



Thread: Short conversation
5422.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 07:55 pm

Quoting deli:

but bod git becomes gid because a vowel follows t so it changes to d gidiyorum = i am going



Yes, of course it does!
I always forget about the consonant mutation rules



Thread: how to say 'me to...'
5423.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 07:53 pm

Quoting mltm:

The forms of the words with possessive suffixes:
Benim gitmem: my going
Senin gitmen: your going
Onun gitmesi: his going



So it literally translates as:
"Do you want my going?"

Türkçe doesn't use the infinitive for question of this form then?



Thread: how to say 'me to...'
5424.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 06:40 pm

Quoting oceanmavi:

can anyone help me on this? if i wanted to say something like 'do you want me to go?', would it be 'gitmek beni istiyor musun?' because i think i remember sending a text saying something like this and my bf said it didnt make sense? so is there another way to say 'me to...'?



I think it would be:
beni gitmek istiyor musun?
Because 'me' is the subject of 'gitmek' (to go)



Thread: LİSTEN TO POETRY IN TURKISH
5425.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 06:38 pm

Thank you for that link.......
Even though I do not understand what is being said, I am sure it will help my 'feeling' for the sound of the language



Thread: another word game
5426.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 06:33 pm

Quoting sophie:

şamarlamak - to slap



hoşlanıyorum - I am enjoying



Thread: Short conversation
5427.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 06:28 pm

Can the -li and -siz suffixes be applied to any noun to mean 'with' and 'without' or are they specific to only certain things?

Could I say:
bilgisiz gitiyorum
"I am going without knowledge"



Thread: Alert box on a website!
5428.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 06:17 pm

Lütfen dinlemek istediğiniz bölümü seçin

Burç FM have changed their home page and when I clicked 'Dinle' (listen) I got the error above!

I think it means something like:
"Please choose the section to which you want to listen"

But I am struggling with the suffixes on istediğiniz.

What is the -dik suffix in this context?
Is it simply the personal participle "the choice of section that you want"?

Why -iniz and not -in to keep it consistent with the 2nd person singular in seçin?

The bits I think I understand are:
bölümü - Accusative state of 'section'
seçin - your (singular) choice
But would like someone to confirm those two for me please.



Thread: CURRENCY
5429.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 05:56 pm

Quoting GILLIAN1:

I live in the UK and am travelling to Istanbul shortly can anyone tell me what the best currency to take is. I can either get Sterling, Euro or New Turkish lira.



We were in Turkey last October and took mostly Lira but some Sterling. Lira was the preferred currency in most places although many accepted Sterling. Either way, changing Sterling to Lira is easy.

Do remember though that you need a clean (not tatty) £10 note to get in at the airport. Do not take a £20 note as no change is given and it is one note per person!!!



Thread: Short conversation
5430.       bod
5999 posts 		 05 Jan 2006 Thu 05:49 pm

Quoting mltm:

A usual conversation:

- Nescafe ister misin?
- Evet,lütfen. (Evet, isterim, sağol)
- Sütlü mü, sütsüz mü?
- Sütlü .
- Şekeri nasıl olsun?
- Şekerli/ orta / şekersiz.



Teşekkürler!

But more questions of course

Nescafe ister misin?
Is the -er suffix the aorist tense or something else?

Şekeri nasıl olsun?
"How many sugars?"
Where does olsun come from?
Why not:
"kaç tane şeker?" or "ne kadar şeker?"

Şekerli/ orta / şekersiz
What does orta mean?



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