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Thread: Informal greetings

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impulse
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 03:28 am

Quoting bod:

Quoting mltm:

so try saying "Selamun aleykÃ¼m" as you enter the pub.

Something makes me think I am being wound up here!

Go into a tradational Turkish coffee house and say selamunaleykÃ¼m and you will get the respond as aleykÃ¼mselam. This is a tradational way of greeting people. But not likley to use in a bar for greeting a bartender. Say just "merhaba", "merhabalar", "selamlar" to a bartender. This is enough word!

selamunaleykÃ¼m = Peace be with you (a greeting used by Muslims).

aleykÃ¼mselam = Peace be upon you (said in reply to the greeting selamÃ¼naleykÃ¼m).

And if I am not mistaken you were confusing "selam" and "sağol". Well you can remember which one means "hi" and which one means "thanks" by remembering "selamunaleykÃ¼m" word. I call your attention that there is "selam" in this word and it's a greeting word!

Thread: Location commands

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impulse
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08 Jun 2006 Thu 03:08 am

Quoting miss_ceyda:

Quoting impulse:

Odan dışarı Ã§ıkar mısın? = Could you go out of the room?

Odadan not odan

im sure you knew that

your turkish seems really good

My Turkish is good, yea lol

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Evet doğru sÃ¶ylÃ¼yorsun TÃ¼rkÃ§e anadilim olduğu iÃ§in biraz anlarım, ama bazen yazarken dalgınlıkla bÃ¶yle ufak tefek hatalara dÃ¼ştÃ¼ğÃ¼m oluyor! Şu klavyeyi kulanmaya bir tÃ¼rlÃ¼ alışamadım gitti

Yazdıklarımı kontrol etmeden gÃ¶ndermesem iyi olacak!

Neyse iyi ki senin gÃ¶zÃ¼nden kaÃ§mamış! Bu arada hatayı dÃ¼zelttim ! Tekrar sağol.

Thread: Informal greetings

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 08:01 pm

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting bod:

Quoting tirrogan:

hey guys u cant use ahbap word if u dont know him or her well. u can use ahbap if u have close relation with him. dont ever try to use ahbap. merhaba is more appropriate.

So what about merhaba arkadaşım ???

in fact, i never say to a friend "arkadaş". if you talk with him, you dont say "arkadaşım nasılsın" or merhaba arkadaşım... just tell the name. and there are many different usage instead of arkadaşım. for example, in university, everyone can be your instructor or a student but you cannot know, so you say everyone: hocam (something like my teacher). some of my friends says me "hacım". in fact, hacı is who visits meqqa as a holy duty but here he dont want to say that i am a hacı

it is just a saying. one more: abi(comes from ağabey:elder brother). merhaba abi. by the way, i remember it now: not arkadaşım but dostum is very common.

and there is also a rude word: lan/len/la

naber lan?<naber len?<
but usually, the name!

merhaba Yasin...

note: remind me that i will explain when we say "arkadaşım" usually (really)

Yes claptrix is right in this point!

However "merhaba arkadaşım" is not gramatically wrong and makes sense, it's not commonly used in everyday language.

There are numerous other ways of calling your friends. "merhaba/selam Ã¼stat", "merhaba/selam kardeş", "merhaba/selam usta", "merhaba/selam dostum", "merhaba abi"

Ã¼stat:master, recognized expert/authority; savant; virtuoso.
kardeş: brother
usta: skilled
dost:friend, comrade (NOT in the socialist manner!)
abi (slang): derives from "ağabey" and means older brother

some would say these examples to a bartender but "merhaba abi". But I wouldn't prefer to use them in a bar. Just say "merhaba" to a bartender. This is enough. Otherweise you would sound strange!

I hope these make sense.

Thread: Informal greetings

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 07:49 pm

Quoting bod:

Quoting tirrogan:

hey guys u cant use ahbap word if u dont know him or her well. u can use ahbap if u have close relation with him. dont ever try to use ahbap. merhaba is more appropriate.

So what about merhaba arkadaşım ???

Well bod,

To a bartender just say "merhaba" or "merhabalar" or "selam"

Never say "merhaba arkadaşım" or "merhaba ahbap" to a bartender.

Thread: Location commands

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impulse
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07 Jun 2006 Wed 07:39 pm

Quoting bod:

Quoting impulse:

Odadan dışarı Ã§ıkar mısın? = Could you go out of the room?

Odamdan Ã§ık! = Get out of my room. - this is harsh

Ã‡abuk odamdan Ã§ık! = Get quickly out of my room. - a little bit harsher than the previous.

Bir dakikalığına odadan Ã§ıkar mısın lÃ¼tfen? = Could you leave the room for a minute please?

LÃ¼tfen odamdan Ã§ık! = Please get out of my room.

There are other ways but is that enough?

Bear in mind the title of the thread!
"Location commands" not "Location requests"

The previous reply of mine includes both Location commands and location requests. You must be already happy that I gave you examples for the requests as well.

Thread: Informal greetings

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 06:29 pm

Quoting bod:

Which is more formal?

merhaba or selam ???

merhaba is formal. Selam is not.

Thread: Location commands

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impulse
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07 Jun 2006 Wed 06:20 pm

Quoting bod:

So what would be the correct way to tell someone to go out of the room without being too formal?

Odan dışarı Ã§ıkar mısın? = Could you go out of the room?

Odamdan Ã§ık! = Get out of my room. - this is harsh

Ã‡abuk odamdan Ã§ık! = Get quickly out of my room. - a little bit harsher than the previous.

Bir dakikalığına odadan Ã§ıkar mısın lÃ¼tfen? = Could you leave the room for a minute please?

LÃ¼tfen odamdan Ã§ık! = Please get out of my room.

There are other ways but is that enough?

Thread: Informal greetings

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 06:07 pm

Quoting bod:

Quoting impulse:

greet him as "selam ahbap"...

Could that be used as merhaba ahbap? Yes that's right!

I always forget which way round selam an sağol are so tend to avoid using both of them as I am bound to use the wrong one lol

Thread: Location commands

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 06:06 pm

Quoting bod:

Quoting impulse:

Likewise if I wanted to say "Come here!" would it be:
buradaya gel!

>> No! You must say >>> buraya gel! or "Gel buraya!". These are not polite.

Why???

burada means here doesn't it?
So surely the dative case is buradaya......

Getting even more confused

Well,

You are right "burada" means "here"

If you want to say "The book is here" the translation would be "Kitap burada".

But if you want to describe a direction, you must use "buraya".

Buraya = here, hither.

Thread: Location commands

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impulse
298 posts

07 Jun 2006 Wed 06:01 pm

Quoting bod:

Quoting impulse:

dışarı Ã§ık! >

>> that's correct! But somehow, it's generally used as "Ã‡ık dışarı!" in the everyday language. But both of them have an hard sound. This is not polite.

Now I am confused
dışarı Ã§ıkmak is the verb "to go out" isn't it?

Yes the literal translation of "to go out" is "dışarı Ã§ıkmak". But somehow "go out! = dışarı Ã§ık" sometimes warped in the everyday language and used as "Ã§ık dışarı!". But they both mean the same thing. These would be said to a kÃ¶pek (kÃ¶pek would be used here - not "it" !) but if you say it to one of your friends or to one that you don't know well this will be impolite if you are not using it in a jokey way.

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