aaahhh Makes much more sense now. Thank you very much.

 Arkadaþým, neden artýk benimle konuþmuyorsun? Sana mesaj göndermeyi durdurmamý býrakmamý mý istiyorsun? Eðer yanlýþ bir þey söylediysem özür dilerim.

 No, I haven´t. 

I am indeed very pleased with your preferences (likes maybe?) since you liked it.  if you want me to come back with zero point, you can send me to Eurovision. The Chambao song that you sent I also memorized. In all I memorized 23 songs in Spanish. If I learned Spanish more it would be good but by all means I am determined I will be studying.

The songs that you sent me I´m listening with great pleasure. Many thanks for sharing. I will be waiting with great excitement.

Türkiyede hava Ingiltere kadar sert deyil o yüzden

Not sure but something to do with English weather being harder than Turkish???

Emekli olunca

When will you retire?

Türkiyeye mi yerleþeceksiniz?

Will you settle in Turkey?

Belki ikna olur

Maybe you can persuade

emekli oluncaya kadar

when will you retire?

I think   I have the general understanding of it but would love to know exactly please.

And if anybody has time to explain I would be very grateful

my try for the verb translations:

fýrsat aramak (to seek an opportunity)

fýrsat(ýný) beklemek (to wait for an opportunity)

fýrsat bulmak (to find an opportunity)

fýrsat çýkmak (to leave an opportunity?)

I want to explain this one with an example= Aylarca iþsiz gezdikten sonra, çok iyi bir iþ fýrsatý çýkmýþtý. After being unemployed for several months,  a very god job opportunity appeared.

fýrsattan istifade etmek (to take advantage of an opportunity)

fýrsatý kaçýrmak (to miss an opportunity)

fýrsat kollamak (to watch or be on the lookout for an opportunity)

fýrsat tanýmak (to provide an opportunity)

fýrsat vermek (to give an opportunity)

fýrsat yakalamak (to catch an opportunity)

fýrsattan yararlanmak (to make use of an opportunity) 

Thankyou for your reply, most helpful.  Would it be possible for you to post the translations of the verbs we use with firsat?  I know we could go through the dictionary but believe me I found looking through the old posts so helpful when I first started to study Turkish (infact I spent about three months just studying old threads and learnt more from them than from any book I had ever read and always reccomend this site to all the new arrivals to our town because of this)

Is the use of ´yok olmak için´ instead of ´olmadýðýndan´ incorrect or just clumsy?

and are the examples in italics more suitable or just equally acceptable alternatives?

Many thanks

Which verbs do we use with firsat

eg. Can I say:-

As we have no visitors this week we should take this opportunity to paint the spare room?

Bu haftada hiç misafýrýmýz yok olmak için bu fýrsattan misafir (yedek) odasýný boyalým mý?

Bu hafta hiç misafirimiz olmadýðýndan, bu fýrsattan istifade/fýrsattan yararlanýp misafir odasýný boyayalým mý?

May I take this opportunity to thank you all for coming?

Hepsiniz geldiðinizi için teþekkur etmeðe bu firsat alayým mý?

Hepinize geldiðiniz için teþekkür etme fýrsatýný kullanabilir miyim?

When his father had left the house he took the first opportunity to use the car.

Babsý evden cýkmýþken (???) arabayý kulanmasý ilk firsatý aldý.

Babasý evden çýkýnca, arabayý ilk kez kullanma fýrsatýný buldu.

I am sure there are many gramatical errors, but the more the merrier, that´s how we all learn.

And again, you come to the rescue  

Obviously I was way off , thanks for correcting it, I was curious what that text is actually supposed to be.

And, just as an aside, in my humble opinon, if Turkish characters are not used, that´s misspelling it. It may be easy for the natives to guess what the word is, but, as a learner, trust me, it´s not. Same with lack of punctuation. I can see how people who just want it translated wouldn´t care, as it´s gonna get translated anyway, but I´m here to learn too and would have an easier task at it if people were spelling words correctly. That´s just my 5 cents.

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