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Thread: Plural / possessive question

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harikayim
103 posts

05 Dec 2006 Tue 10:37 pm

Quoting Trudy:

I just had another lesson of Turkish.

I forgot to ask my teacher so I do it here. Is this the same with the suffix -leri?

I mean, e.g. evleri, does that mean also: his/her houses (evler + i), their house (ev + leri) and their houses (ev + leri, not twice ler)?

I hope I made my question clear enough. Who can help me?

Yes Trudy, you are exactly right. To be explicit you can use onun(his) or onların(their)

onun evleri - his houses
onların evi - their house
onların evleri - their houses

Thread: Male-Female Friendships in Turkey

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 11:03 pm

lol lol lol

ok, *one more attmept*
... notwithstanding the differences between traditional and modern views, and the various general opinions etc etc that have been offered, can anyone give a straight answer to the original question?

For example, Keith says his views are old-fashioned, but are there others in Turkey who hold the same view, or a completely different view or any view??

Thread: Male-Female Friendships in Turkey

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 10:46 pm

Quoting KeithL:

I'm in Turkey. My comments are about people I know. How is it off topic?

Quoting KeithL:

what country was i supposed to be talking about?

now you've edited that first post

... before the discussion seemed to be very general, not at all specific to Turkiye and you did not mention you were in Turkiye

give poor LL a break!!

Thread: Male-Female Friendships in Turkey

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 10:39 pm

Quoting libralady:

Just like to add - I originally thought this thread was about Turkish - Turkish relationships between male and female "friends" and I think someone has already mentioned that.

But as it has discended into something else, I would just like to say that I have more male (close) friends than I do female. That could be because I was brought up in male environment (farm) and I was the only girl in my class at primary school. Work has always been in male orientated businesses to.

I have never had any sexual relationships with any of my male friends (nor any advances!) and never intend to - most of them are married and it has never been a problem to go out and have a beer with them and "chew the fat" - for either their wives or my husband.

Reason I prefer men? The dont talk about the latest soap of TV. or that they have just put their Christmas Decorations or where the cheapest loaf of bread is, whether or not they got their washing done and that the kids are playing up again, what is in the glossy mags etc etc and that all bores me senseless...........

So Keith sorry in my opinion you are wrong!

You were right... the question was specific to turk-turk friendships, but alas! TC tradition has prevailed once again

As for the rest of your post, I wholeheartedly agree. My experience is quite similar...

Thread: visa problem...

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 10:24 pm

Quoting aslan2:

Quoting azade:

I think that typically it's really hard to get a visa the first time, but next time you want to go abroad it's a lot easier because they know they can 'trust' you.
We don't even need to give them a security note from the bank anymore.

Not so true. At least from what I see. I have been to Italy many times. The last one I tried to get was a real pain for me. Even they didn't like my bank account because the balance was not big enough and so they turned it down. I had to transfer some money to that account and re-apply. Oh boy, I like Italians but sometimes they give me hard times.

Italy might be a special case. They have recently become much more stringent with regard to foreigners in the country, regardless of where you are originally from or whether you've applied successfully for a visa before...

Thread: corrections please...

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 08:04 pm

to sago: it's alright, my nitpicking is the result of too much time on my hands

to robyn: lol

Thread: corrections please...

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 07:55 pm

Quoting sago:

true : pisikoloji

isn't psychology psikoloji? typo perhaps?

Thread: Male-Female Friendships in Turkey

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 06:34 am

I agree with Kai that there shouldn't be a problem with us girls having male friends in Turkey, but what about going out as friends?? How friendly can you get with the opposite sex before eyebrows start raising?

Today I read this comment by someone who says he's Turkish:
"Also consider this. There are some institutions missing in this society. For example friendship between men and women. It's so difficult ask for example a girl to go for a drink. Let's say you have a boy friend, I have a girlfriend. In the some company. I say to you, let's have beer and chat. I tried that several times. Once the woman showed up with her husband "Hey, I'm not stealin' nobody "moods don't cheer you up here. So you can't sustain friendships, either you two go further, or stay detached. I can guarantee this is 100% the case"

He was responding to this question

Comments/insights anyone??

Thread: eng - turk please

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 12:08 am

yeah I know... unfair advantage

Thread: eng - turk please

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harikayim
103 posts

04 Dec 2006 Mon 12:06 am

Quoting uYkuSuz:

Quoting harikayim:

mÃ¼kemmeliyetÃ§ileştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerim izdenmişsinizcesine

you're a star if you can tell me what that means

like you re the one that we can not make perfectionist.

wow... you made that look so easy... it didn't even phase you

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