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Thread: culture and language

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harikayim
103 posts

14 Dec 2006 Thu 09:24 pm

Quoting aslan2:

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cousin variations:
amcaoğlu/emmoğlu = father's brother's son
amcakızı/emmikızı = father's brother's daughter
halaoğlu = father's sister's son
halakızı = father's sister's daughter
dayıoğlu = mother's brother's son
dayıkızı = mother's brother's daughter
teyzeoğlu = mother's sister's son
teyzekızı = mother's sister's daughter

gender free versions
amcazade = father's brother's child
halazade = father's sister's child
dayızade = mother's brother's child
teyzezade = mother's sister's child

torun = grandson/granddaughter
erkek torun = grandson
kız torun = granddaughter

are they all commonly used?

Thread: culture and language

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harikayim
103 posts

14 Dec 2006 Thu 08:43 pm

Quoting qdemir:

nephew and niece are both called: "yeğen" in Turkish. There is no differentiation between sexes.

It is the same with kardeş (brother/sister), which caused a little confusion on my first day learning turkish... I did not know I could put kız/erkek in front of the word to differentiate between the two

Thread: random text translation help

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harikayim
103 posts

13 Dec 2006 Wed 05:15 pm

kum gibi - a great many
boşver - take it easy/ never mind

Thread: culture and language

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harikayim
103 posts

13 Dec 2006 Wed 03:01 pm

Quoting qdemir:

Quote:

I wonder how many they have for camel. Any Arabic speakers here?

I wonder that, too. Once I heard they have plenty.

As far as I know, there are 160 words for camel in arabic...

Thread: Help Please

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harikayim
103 posts

13 Dec 2006 Wed 07:26 am

The Turkish Suffix Dictionary is also very useful

and Basic Turkish Grammar gives a pretty thorough treatment of Turkish grammar

My Merhaba is a great site for information on Turkey

Finally, the winmekmak verb conjugator is one of my favourite programs. You can get it at http://www.ipb.nu/winmekmak/

Thread: WHAT DO U WANT TO HEAR FROM A WOMAN OR MAN...

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harikayim
103 posts

12 Dec 2006 Tue 05:12 pm

Quoting aenigma x:

Should we now prepare ourselves for hundreds of spam PMs saying....

Hi
How are you?
Where are you from?
What book are you reading now?

lol

...

I think I got one already

my pet peeve: first message - hi! do you have a webcam?

Thread: word order - quick questions

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harikayim
103 posts

08 Dec 2006 Fri 04:44 pm

Thanks guys! This is very helpful .
The second sentence was actually part of a dialogue in my lesson, but your examples make more sense to me.

Thread: English into Turkish, lütfen!

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harikayim
103 posts

08 Dec 2006 Fri 07:15 am

my attempt:
Seni Ã§ok merak ediyorum
BirkaÃ§ haftadan beri senden haber almadım
Hasta mısın? Tatil yapıyor musun? Neredesin?

Thread: word order - quick questions

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harikayim
103 posts

08 Dec 2006 Fri 03:38 am

While reading a lesson today, 2 sentences caught my attention

1. Ã¶p beni!
2. sıcak mezeler ne var?

Should the first sentence be 'beni Ã¶p' instead? Does it matter?

For the second sentence, is it ok if I say 'ne sıcak mezeler var?' Again, does it matter?

Turkish word order often confuses me, so I want to get it right.
THANKS!!

Thread: Plural / possessive question

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harikayim
103 posts

05 Dec 2006 Tue 10:59 pm

Quoting robyn :

see ur turkish will be great in no time

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