Qdemir's lessons in the 'Learn Turkish' section usually tell you where to put the stress for pronunciation. For example, here is his lesson on the aorist tense: aorist

You can find his other lessons here

Actually, I didn't even notice that she went off key - probably because it is the only version of the song that I knew, so to me it seemed absolutely perfect

Thanks for the rapidshare link armegon! You've made my day

Tercümen için çok teşekkür ederim vineyards . Çevirmeye çok çalıştım, ama başarılı değildim .
It really is a lovely song. I was intrigued even before I had any idea what the words meant! Here is a link to Sezen Aksu performing the song: Firuze

Could someone please translate this song to English for me? I would appreciate it very much! If you can only translate part, or give rough translations, that is fine. Any attempt is appreciated

Bir gün dönüp bakınca düşler
İçmiş olursa yudum yudum yıllarını
Ağla, ağla Firuze ağla.. Anlat
Bir zaman ne dayanılmaz güzellikte olduğunu

Kıskanır rengini baharda yeşiller
Sevda büyüsü gibisin sen Firuze
Sen nazlı bir çiçek, bir orman kuytusu
Hüzün buğusu gibisin sen Firuze

Duru bir su gibi, bazen volkan gibi
Bazen bir deli rüzgar gibi
Gözlerinde telaş yıllar sence yavaş
Acelen ne bekle Firuze

Bir gün dönüp bakınca düşler
İçmiş olursa yudum yudum yıllarını
Ağla, ağla Firuze ağla.. Anlat
Bir zaman ne dayanılmaz güzellikte olduğunu

Acılı bir bakış yerleşirse eğer
Kirpiğinin ucundan göz bebeğine
Her şeyin bedeli var güzelliğinin de
Bir gün gelir ödenir, öde Firuze

Duru bir su gibi bazen volkan gibi
Bazen bir deli rüzgar gibi
Gözlerinde telaş yıllar sence yavaş
Acelen ne bekle Firuze

All's fair in love and war
aşkta ve savaşta her şey mubahtır

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
Hiç sevmemiş olmaktansa, sevip de kaybetmiş olmak yeğdir

Love is blind
Aşkın gözü kördür

Love me love my dog
gülünü seven dikenine katlanır

These are not all exact translations. They more like English phrases accompanied by their Turkish equivalents I found in an idiom dictionary ... especially the last one

Thanks for all your great explanations guys! You answered my questions and then some!

At this rate, my Turkish may really become super ... or at least less incomprehensible

Could someone please clarify for me what -leşmek means and how to use it?

Someone commented today: 'türkçen süperleşiyor', and although I am not perfectly sure of the meaning, the context and the results of searching on google suggest it means something like 'your turkish is becoming super'. Is this correct? There is only one ambiguous (and very unhelpful) reference in my dictionary ...

I get the impression that -leşmek/laşmak can be added to an adjective to mean 'to grow/become...', like 'güzelleşti': she has grown beautiful.

Is this the only use for this extension? Also, at some point I came across '-lanmak'. Does it have the same function?

Many, many thanks!!