Uzun bir akþam bizim için.

 I think most Turks would understand the ?, but I would change olacak? to "olacak misin?"

artik= from now on.

I would keep a sense of humur about it. Are you sure that is the exact word?

This works too. I think "üzgünüm" is much stronger than "özer delirim" Its like saying "I am very very upset, that I did that" instead "I (am only) sorry I did that". My opinion.

Cevabim vermediðim sana bugün, özür dilerim.  O zamanda gittim, bilgisayar acikdi.

This appears to be replies inside another  email where the questions and answers are all caps but the answers are bolder. Catwomen forgive me, but I will leave the Caps as they are and put a general explanation. I am not a native speaker, but I can tell that the person writing in caps is very upset with the sender.

See notations below. (this tranlation is pretty crude, I hope that native speakers can help)

That is what I meant.   And I carelessly omitted the first person suffix which Caliptrix pointed out.

  I do.(some of us have ... minds)

 I would not jump to conclusions but also not use a web site that asks for you MSN password.

There are virus that generate emails that appear to come from, in this case, your friend, when they had nothing to do with it.

I would like to know how this turns out.

Söyle is more like "speak, tell, or even sing". In movies, e.g. interogation, interogater says "söyle" to the prisoner. (different example) If somebody sang a song, O (he,she,it) þarký (song) söyledi.

"dedi" is used for quotations. "Ben geliyor, dedi"=I am coming, he said.

"demek" most closely = to say

(Like English, Turkish has both "direct" and "indirect" quotation forms, My example above is a "direct" form. The indirect form used söylemek in place of demek but I think that is a little beyond this discussion, and I don´t know it well enough to teach it)

konuþmak most closely =discuss or converse.

I am not an expert but my wife and I bought a carpet last month in Kuþadýsa/  The seller filled out the shipment documents in front of us and gave us the confirmation number.   We had no problems.  But caution is advisable.   We had been referred by the owners of the hotel where we were staying and they presumably need happy customers that will say nice things to the booking agengies about them.  

Its a friendly message.  Someone elso might be able to improve the English paraphasing.  Basically:

"For my (part) I am hoping for everything that you are wanting for many years will come to pass my dear my friend"

To me this sounds like an address.  It is common with Turkish adddresses to include the name of the Apartment building.

üç=3,

yol = road

tekin= auspicious but is also a common Turkish name

ap=apartment

It looks like an english keyboard but assuming /sýçayým/

"sýç(mek) = to screw up

-a- maybe (makes the verb subjuntive like ´may´

-y- connecting consonant

-im_ I/me.

So I say the message means "I possibly screwed your computor up"

So therefore this might be more like a confession than a malicious statement. /My opinion/

(Oops, I see others did better while I was thinking about this)

................, but my impression of it is. "You must appear as what you are or otherwise become what appeared to be"

Really good overall.  Couple of notes

iyi hatýrlýyorum, on sekiz yaþýndaydým. /on sekiz is 18/

Ben ise bir kenarda oturdum.

/oturdum = I sat/  I read this as " If I sat on the edge (isolated spot)" /My opinion/

This should be about right. Maybe the native speakers can improve the choice of words.

"Selamlarin ve dileklarin için teþekkür ederim. Yengenin hizli iyileþmesi isteyip ve umarim. Kendine iyi bak."

Scanning through it I don´t see anything offensive,  the message starts out like "I am a Turk that has lived 18 summers" (or something like that, and goes to talk about himself. )   I will  try to work on it later.  I don´t see any reference to Armenia.

THere is no "w" in the Turkish and several words have to be misspelled if this is Turkish.. If "walla=eyvallah", then it means something like. "Thanks upon looking more I am understanding better how very good we did "ha"". If this translation doesn fit with what you know about the sender you will need a native speaker to help.

I am a student and not a native speaker./ I think think this means:

"I always want to be imagining you becoming next to me".

Ok, added it to my first post.

Which words do you want translated? My attempts

Ok, i did not get it yet. /Taman,   þimdiye kadar onu almadim/

I´m glad that you will be witness if it happens /O olsa eðer þahit olacaksiniz için multuyum olacaðim/

Ehm... Difficult to asnwer, because no one wants the same../Hiç kimseyi  ayni  hoþlaniyor için, ne demek zor /

I translated this the same way, but I think that if Sara-dk is not in a position to "peform" a marriage but is rather "getting married",   Then the intent must be "If you are getting married I will be a witness".   IMHO

 I agree.

This has been around a few hours.  I am a student and not a native speaker, but I think the general meaning goes like.

"I made a spell on you with my eyes that after now you will not look at or see anybody else this will make me so happy, I miss you very much, take care, 5 monthes after we were together."

(OK thanks Marion, you did it first.) 

I am a student not a natýve speaker and I don´t know the first two words, might be misspelled.   But...it goes like

" Problem here probably very apologetic, his English is completely abscent,  I don´t understand, words I am never finding correctly, very sorry, where did you study Turkish, are you coming to Turkey, Feeling like meeting (together with you)."

 I am a student not a natýve speaker.  I know this reads badly I hope a ´clever one´ can fix it.  But this shows the general subject. (OK I see a better translation is already done, but at least I had the subject right)Have to go.

"One day this gate you will enter I know.   Sooner or later this  your waiting one question will come.   Years later I will die day must come certainly,  your waiting  greatly like delight, remaining embracing   ........(not sure).   It must come I will be borne  on more  time one the verge of being a deathless lifes wellspring."

 I think it is a birthday greeting something like, " Sending a smiling rose on a birthday (demii not sure of)  for many happy healthy years"

Is Ramadan Over? I need to call friends in Turkey.

My atempt.   It looks like

"To love you is philosophical".

I am a student and not a native speaker. This is just of general idea of it.

" Yeah hey look now I´m in bed alone only without you, not anything such..?, I miss you a lot. Take very good care of yourself. I can´t be without you" Corrections welcomed.

çok teþekkür ederim

There was a translation request lately that paraphrased went.

"My Aunt died, I am sad.  At least I was able to say goodbye.  But there was a question about the intent of the last sentence so I will rephrase the whole message.

"My Aunt passed away and I am sad, but I was able to pay respects/mourn for her".. What would a usual Turk phrass be?

I suggest "Teyzem geçenlerde vefat etti için üzgünüm ama en azindan ....?"  Don´t know how to finish it.

Thank for commenting.  I will post a topic on the language forum about these kinds of statements.

My atttempt.   I think it will be understandable.

(Note Hala is your fathers sister/ teyze your mothers sister/yenge is your uncles wife so you have to pick the one that applies)

" Halam/teyzem/yengem öldü  için,  çok kederlim yüzünden ama ona vedayimlar deyibilirdim."

My attempt.   Should be at least understandable.

"Sana için odamin yeterli parasi koydu mıyım,  yoksa çok üzgünüm.  Sana onu gönderecegim."

This is pretty good.  IMHO.  My advice, end with ´the doctor says he will be OK.   The last phrase I don´t know how to do in Turkish, and as far I know they don´t have an expression like that and I am uncomfortable even attempting it. 

So after "kücük"  just add "kemik kırma" (bone fracture).  They will get it.

 Caliptrix,   these things I appreciate knowing..

 My attempt:

"Men of Science, Switzerland - France on the frontier CERN laboratory, 15 billion daunted (think this should be yildiz-stars) 15 billion stars those that live in this universes formation upon which all seeking is being done.  This investigation at the end of the year is concluded in a scholarly way.  "

Hey Genç, This is why I didn´t want to attempt this request.   The original request had that quality of effecting people positively or negatively you didn´t cause that part. for the other message offering three different endings was very "careful" of you.

 My attempt:

"Sunday  in the caste he/she/it or you are coming." geliyon has to be either geliyorsin or geliyor

 I am a student and not a natıve speaker.  I think this will be understood.

"İyiki doğdun sana

Hep özlemini varacak umarım(word order and suffix not totally sure about)

Hep Sevgilerim"

 In thıs case my fırst understandıng was correct.  But your confırmatıon ıs always appreciated.

 I say you pass!  I edited the quote with my assumptions(but Seker did it faster)

 This is my attempt.  I am a student not a native speaker.

"Turned toward the past with (my wishs) rather than to live,   turned to the future possibilities of life I prefer."

I think this is the "flavor" of it.

My attempt.   Its melancholy.  Its something like. (I am sure about the mood, translation may be is imperfect)

"Istanbul are you alive for me or dead.

If saying what is alive with you.

Passion alienation (loneliness)?

Vague feelings inside writhe about.

Your pain in my back doesn´t quit.

From empty and lonely streets for my part

To long for or be longed for is also empty.

From now on I am empty for my part."

 THis is my attempt.  (Never Mind use Marions, I will leave the translation for a while so I can compare)

" Kimim bildiğin düşünüyorum ve kimseyi istediğim söylemek biliyorsin.  Önemli haberim var

belki de benim için  sen bir mesaji geçebilir misiniz?

 Thanks Marion.

 For benefıt of the grammar , the "se" is short  for "ise"  the conditional verb "to be".    It adds up to "rather than" this way.

"verb" + tan"(away from)"se"  (if its other than) turns into "rather than".  This is how I think out it.

 My attempt.   Olmu ıs not, as far as I know, a word (but I always want to know more)  , so I have to guess they meant "olmuş hayran kaldım" This means "ıt apparently so happens that I remain an admırer"  Only you can determıne ıf thıs makes sense.

 My try.   "buysam" seems mispelled.     If it is "Ben Büyüysam, Sen Nasılsın"  = "if I am growing how are you"

I think buysam is a contraction of some other words, maybe someone else will recognize it.  

Literally this means.  "If I am that how are you".   But it "feels" like this must be "(If) I am great how are you"

That would be "ben büyüğysem Sen Nasilsin"

 This is my attempt.   I am a student, not a native speaker of Turkish. The phrase "yalan dünya" ıs an ıdıom which I admit I don´t understand well.  I think it tries to add a sort of sweet melancholy to the last phrase.  Maybe a native speaker can help more with this.

"To express words to you is very hard.     Because you are everyone that I can´t call and am unable to be finding in (this lying world?)  you are a  sweet person."

 Thanks for you help.

 I think that Caliptrix explained this once saying that the number implies the plural so that adding "lar/ler" is redundant.  That really helped me remember.  Also, Deli_Kizin thanks for the correction.

 I would say "bir kaç resimlar"  I think bazi more like "from to time pictures".  Just my opinion.  Otherwise I can´t criticize.

(modified: I see Lady Red answered first.  What she writes is more correct)

This is my statement to buyukbalik 

bunu kötu değil! (This is is not bad!)

Not only not bad  I say its OK. (by that I mean basically, you would be understood)  "benim" may be unnecessary.   In the first line you added the personal suffix, but omitted later which LIR fixes.  

There was a post with a link to news in Turkey reacting to the Obama selecting Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential candidate, but I am having trouble finding it.  Can someone remind me which forum it was posted on?  Thanks.

I am note sure what you were trying to do with "etek"  "eteğim" means "my skirt" or a covering.

If you meant to use etmek, like "senin telefon eteceğim"  "make yourphone" a Turk "might" understand where you were going, but Canlis translation  is a very normal way to say it.

Yes, dictionaries say it means to seek or hunt, but I can only remember hearing it used just as Canli says, like "telefonda aramak"  to call on the phone.

My try, and I think this is pretty straight forward, so they should understand.

"Pazarteside saat üç buçuk geleceğim umuyorum"

My try: (Iwonder if using the infinitive "gelmek" that way is correct?)  Maybe a native speaker can help.

"When are you to come, the 15th of the month?"

"düsermiş" would need to be spelled "düşermiş" for that to be right, but I think it is the only reasonable explaınation since no verb "düsmek" seems to exist.   Here is my version:

"Upon being without you the days fall from the calendar".

I am a student and not a native speaker.   This message is a little confusing.   It sounds like it is talking about a college graduation and whether somebody will be working afterwards or if they will keep coaching Futbol.   This is a little translation.   Not sure of all the words.  The words are not spelled in correct Turkish all the time.

"Is it a hard course? After entering hey look, first it hard etc.   Big parts there etc
I said to you did I? Is it something good?  (vay be- <I don´t get this) now ready 4 years after etc a long marathon.   I might be waiting etc I may be unable to say you must conceal that you work for free    late to class ending school after take the the diploma always looking going Beşiktaşi you are made to work one day, is it a lie? your succeeding after a National etc Milan   albiet I after futbol   I an citing  that I don´t know your futbol trainer will be, maintaining  I don´t know perhaps that sport buries  you by becoming  he/she/its trainer I don´t know openly a little graduation  (diploma) happening futbol trainer otherwise maintaining  your training (trainer status)  Ha ha I don´t know purely it became."

 OK I "carry" an Italian last name,  but don´t speak it.  Here in California, USA everyone learns some Spanish which has Latin Grammar.  yes I respect your answer. The classics especially Julius Caesars conquest of Gaul, love to read it in the original. time is so short.  Here I am in  Turkishclass which is the language I am trying to learn.  Don´t dispute quality of Latin Classes in  USA.

Saygilarima

 The picture posted into the number 13 reply.. Small person with snake?  What was its point?

 I saw bored people ın osmanlı dress lookıng at the  a young person holdıng a snake.

Roswitha, what point, (that you are willing to explain) are you making?.  (Yes I deleted the image which I felt carried connattions that I refuse to pertuate!)

 Latin has a basically English alphabet.   In my journey learning Turkish, latin is simple because English ıs Latinized  itselfö except for grammar slıghtly. Here  ın "Kalifornia, USA" when I hear spanish, I understand it mostly.    Reading Latin.   Çok kolay ya!

Somehow this thread turns away from the subject of flying across Boshporus:

(Do want to see the movie!)

Here is my view.   When I came to Istanbul in 2006 and visited Galata Tower, I learned of the flight.

Given that it succeeded.   Had Sultan exploited this accomplishment to the maximum.   The world would be very different.

(Airpower in the 15th century! Flight changed warfare in the 20th century).. 

I would not be learning Turk because I would have beenraised with it. I am OK with that.

(Caliptrix:  I have no knowledge of the Sultans, but I think Rulers do what they chose to do, as we all do.   American Presidents did whatever they did.  And here in the USA their conduct or misconduct is a source of great entertainment that is just as it is!  fact or fiction, who knows, but I know it is entertainment!)

Now Ros, wasn´t your graphic image just a little,  a tinsy tiny bit,   maybe, over the top?

 The story always confused me.  I Would like to understand it better.  You can PM if you wish.

Because too much of this  revolved around "who was rude"  and who felt insulted. The news story itself didn´t merit this much discussion.

I apologize to Roswitha for the tone of my messages, and I agree that should have only confined my commentary to PMs.

I cleared this quote because Roswitha chose to delete its original.

Peacetrain

Your comment is well made. I don´t want do say anything further.

She claims that my country delivers weapons to Georgia.  How can she be sure of that?  The fact apparently is that American ships crossed the Bosphorus.   This part factl   The other implication it that she supports Russia!

[Who wants the Boshorus very badly!)

(rude comment deleted by Longinotti1,  /changing the past, I love this part/)

My try: "I assume :"once" is really "önce" since the message is all in English letters.)

"I want sugar, before you brought (a) box of sugar.  Now I are lying in bed.

(Not clear to me that "sugar" is necessarily the white powder)

I say OK you did it!

 I hope I can watch this show when I come to Turkey.   This actor must be the role model for all DuDuS now!

I think you know my limitations by now but this is pretty straightforward:

(not positive about the word order but I think it will be understandable)

"Mansur, beni, Pazar için sana uçuş ayrıntılari verdiğim, rica etti.

bunlar var.

uçuş numara (number)

Ankara variş 14:30" (pm not required with 24 hour clock)

(I assume they know who is traveling, it not entirely clear whether its you or mansur)
The three lines below will convery the essential information.  If the information is for Mansurs travel

then add "Mansurın" before Pazar.

Pazar Uçuş ayrıntılari
Uçuş (number)
Ankara varış 1430

 My attempt, I am student of Turkish not a native speaker.

This is my attempt.  This means little more like "I can´t do that experiment again"

"O deneyim yapmibiliricağim"

" Nereye gittin mi?" I think is correct.

My attempt for the second is:   " "Sonsuza tek arkadaşlar olacakdik"  dedin"

 Congratulate yourself, you asked a very good question.  Knowing English grammer may or may not help learn Turkish.

However Caliptrix has an ability to explain these things  in English grammar terminology, very impressively.  I surely appreciate his help here and always.  (now I worry about my English construction...   Allahim!)

I want to get to Kuşadası on 13 October, and my wıfes frıend traveling with us was to go in the daytime so she can see the sights.   I have only found two bus companies with online schedules.   Ulusoy and Kamkoç(sp).  I have heard that in general you can go to the Otogar and any time of day or night and find a bus within a few hours, but so far it looks like ulusoy only has one bus daily to Kuşadasi and ıt is at 2330 at night, Kamkoc has a bus at 0800.   Can anyone suggest some other companies and how far in a advance we need to buy tickets?  Thanks in advance.

 I have never heard a request for literal.   Here is my try pretty much as "literal" as it gets.   I do trust that Marion or another will "fix" it later. (Basically they think they know you, and want to get together again).

"That we are passing february and were into  March moons.(idiomatic don´t aske me to explain)
   with you in Bodrum while on vacation we possibly had met.

Perhaps also this is by mistake but you are resemble these  people.  This next month in Bodrum I will be,
if you will be doing or otherwise new things  becoming together,  I wondered.  if you are mistaken people forgive me.

Good days."

I can´t wait for the reaction to McCains selection.

 I do appreciate this information.   What is your recommendation?  apparently since mesğul implies the "be" verb then  her zaman or daima would come after "ama". 

 I would put  "her zaman" at the very end but thats just me.   They will get it.

This is my attempt.   See if the picture fits this.  (Not sure about oğluşum,  oğlum=my son,boy)

""SAM" with the girls(or daughters) talking (jawing) being made to race (with them),  "Harry" is lost in though (spaced out),  Myself also my boy (son) are going saying I am anyway presumable sad/melancholy".

I am a student and not a native speaker.   This is my attempt.

"why is the message so late today my love is my query there?"

 My attempt is that the last part is "I am depending everything on your not forgetting"

 It shouldn´t matter.   FYI This phrase uses the more formal form of "you".   (...siniz   and sizi)

 This is literal and therefore probably not completely right.  I wonder how much Turkish people have this kind of sentinment?  My attempt:

"
Herşey mümükündür arzun ettikce"

I say that there is a big distinctiion between an "officer" and "military".  "Officers" are "career" at least in Turkiye.   The rules may be different.

I am a student and not a native speaker, blah blah blah. This is my opinion.  (but I have followed your story so I feel some continuity) 

You have translated this as well as I can and  I basically concur.    In first line  after "good day, how are you) it seems they ask if your meeting (talking) with Mansur was good.  Seems casual and Ok.  (DId you see him?)  Or possibly they ask if he is well.  (more probable).   I see no problems. You should proceed with your understanding. 

uymak uyumaktan  farkli söz midır?

They are are dıfferent verb.  how ıs şımdıkı zamam formed?

Firstly,  uymak is also a verb meaning to "suit" "adapt" or "use".    uyuyor is şimdiki zaman of uymak.

For uyumak I think it has to be "uyuyuyor".   IMHO.    To me "çok uyuyuyor" sounds strange. 

Maybe say "o çok kadar uyuyuyor"  He sleeps a great amount or "o uzun zaman uyuyuyor"

 Tamam

Ok but why not "5) Babacanin teşekkür ettiklerini ama bunun mümkün olmadığını söyledi"?

 Looking for a comment on this.   My grammer book suggests "Babcanin...." My attempt.

I don´t think so. My attempt is. (modified 2008.8.14 don´t know how I missed "unut´.

"According to me my poem you must forget anyway but what if, what is your Tunca´s telephone number? "

Possibly also "what is your night phone number?"

My attempt. I am not a native speaker, I think this is the general idea.

"I became very filled with passion for you also that because I wanted you to come back I didn´t write.Anyway If I wanted that  I would never leave you.  I merely missed an old friend,  for all of your happiness I was delighted."

The logical difficulty you speak of, in my opinion is in the Turkish itself.   That is why I didn´t attempt the translation.  But I think that the "mood" of the message is well represented by Gordio´s translation.

 "I just wanted" or "I had just wanted" sounds a little better to me.  But I doubt there is any grammer about that.  Otherwise I think it is fine. 

my attempt.  I am not a natıve speaker,but İ thınk thıs ıs straıghtforward. (after "I can´t wait to see you", in paretheses I said I "want to see you very much", just in case "I can´t wait isn´t a normal expression in Turkish"

Seni görmek beklemebilirim Tatlım (seni görmek çok isteyorum).   20 yoksa 21 Agostos gelebilirdiğim düşünüyorum, hangısı gün  söyle. İzın için  Patronla konuşmelim

My attempt.   Some words were broken by carriage returns.  I assumed some pronouns and put them in ().   Here it is, I put the english after each line. This is still not very polished.

inan bana senı herseyden cok sevıyorum nezaman tartıssak saatlerce perısan oluyorum daha once onlarca kızla ılıskım oldu ama sen hep farklıydın
"believe me after everything I love you very much.    What times there are that  if we have debated as my hours that become desolate first like those with girls who   became company but you completely different."

sadece sen
only you

 

(sen)ın ıcın goz yası doktum
"For your sake I shed your tears"

sanmak
"to feel"

 

(ben)ı sınırlıyken senden nefret edıyorum
"I hate When I am tied down away from you"

sunu unutma her tartısmamızda kı bunlar sebepsız sadece bırbırımızı cok sevdıgımız ıcın ına n sana daha cok baglanıyorum
"don´t forget that because in every one of our arguements we have  for no reason,  our togetherness that we so much are loving,  believe that I am joining to you."

anla artık anla senı cok sevıyorum
"know from now on I love you very much"

BILIRMISIN SEN ASKI BILIRMISIN BEKLEMENIN NE DEMEK OLDUGUNU UZAR GECELER UZAR BITMEZ
Do you know you(rself)  Do you know Passion Your waiting, what to say? your  lengthening nights lengthening without end.

 I would use Lady in Reds version.

 I am a student and not a native speaker, but this is straight forward.   It should be understood, even if it isn´t idomatically normal.

"Bir en çok güzel günu dünüm oldu.  Efenin kostümü tamamen uydu ve gıydığı onu Efe sevıyor.

Bir az hayretım bügün aldım."

 I am a student and note a native speaker, but this message is straightforward.  My translation says that "I want to give a gift to each of the children".   rather than buy.   There is no single word for "to Buy", they say "satin almak" which means to get from a sale" and using those terms didn´t seem what you mean. Here is what i wrote:

"O zaman onlar okula gitiyorlar çocukları her biri hediye vermek istiyorum.
Onların için birşey lazım oluyorlar(ihtiyaclar var mı. Sedat´a söyle lütfen.  Bana SMS verebilir yoksa onu
aracağım.  O zamana onlar okulda gelıyor istemelısın."

"tutacagim" I will hold or engage (the house). So your translation was basically correct.

From the standpoint of Turkish Class. It appears in Turkish language. "Nazar çikmek" To caste out the evil eye. You hear it in songs. Its good to recognize that meaning.

Maybe we need a native speaker sort this out.