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Thread: How to address older adults

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longinotti1
1090 posts

01 Sep 2007 Sat 12:00 am

I invited 2 University students from Bes,ektas, to visit our house in the US. They are working nearby for the summer. Would they expect to address us as "Mr and Mrs or by our first names, or some other way. Also, my wife and I are in our late 50s.

Thanks in advance.

Thread: Substitution Drills: Are you ...?

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longinotti1
1090 posts

29 Aug 2007 Wed 11:47 am

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting bod:

Quoting caliptrix:

This is another example ~~for~~ that Turks can't speak Turkish properly lol

Including "for" is wrong Caliptrix - although I cannot explain why. Thanks for your excellent explanation

Sana da teşekkÃ¼rler

This is funny. AS I study Turkish, I think I know English, but I have no books to prove it. For Turkish, I have books, but Caliptrix answers our questions anyway.

Thanks to him!

Thread: Plural of thırd person "to be"

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longinotti1
1090 posts

29 Aug 2007 Wed 11:00 am

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

Quoting longinotti1:

My grammar book says to suffix "dirler" on a noun.

In a couple of recent translations.

"A and B are well" = A ve B iyiler

I thought it should be "A ve B iyidirler"

Has "dirler" become archaic?

In normal conversation, or notes between friends "dir" is normally omitted. In business letters or official notices you would use it. It is now like an extra formality.

Some other examples:

Greeting
normal: sevgili Ahmet (dear Ahmet)
formal: Sayın Ahmet Bey or Sayın (surname)

3rd person Singular

normal: Abdullah GÃ¼l yeni başbakanımız (AG is our new president)
formal: Abdullah GÃ¼l yeni başbakanımızdır.

Aorist verb: 3rd person

Normal: Burada fotokopi Ã§ekilir (Photocopies made here)
Formal: Burada fotokopi Ã§ekilmektedir

İyi şeyler var. TeşekkÃ¼rler

Thread: Plural of thırd person "to be"

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longinotti1
1090 posts

29 Aug 2007 Wed 10:26 am

My grammar book says to suffix "dirler" on a noun.

In a couple of recent translations.

"A and B are well" = A ve B iyiler

I thought it should be "A ve B iyidirler"

Has "dirler" become archaic?

Thread: English to Turk

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longinotti1
1090 posts

28 Aug 2007 Tue 02:13 am

C,ok tes,ekku"r edirim, Serdar07

Thread: English to Turk

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longinotti1
1090 posts

27 Aug 2007 Mon 09:57 am

Dear Busra

I am very happy to receive you letter. My husband, David, has translated IT for me as he is studying Turkish for 1 Â½ years.

Asha and Robb are well. Nur is growing and talking a lot. Asha is waiting for her new daughter and working only 2 or 3 hours each day in an office.

I have been painting many pictures go get ready for any exhibition in October>

This week a young university student, Hamza Kolay is visting us.

Thread: e to t plz

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longinotti1
1090 posts

26 Aug 2007 Sun 09:33 am

Quoting sooz:

hi babe, hope your ok? i got my letter through for my exams im doing them on the 3rd december, im really worried now i just hope i pass them. have a nice night.

I am not a native speaker. This may not sound real "slick", but the request has sat for 12 hours. I thınk thıs wıll work.

Bebiğım, Olduğun İyi Umutarım. benim sınavım icin, mektupım basarıyı olur.

Ã¼c aralık'da yapacağım

zamanda Ã§ok korkuyurorum. başarladuğuma umutuyorum.

Thread: turkish to english, please - One line only. Thanks

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longinotti1
1090 posts

26 Aug 2007 Sun 09:04 am

Quoting Ayla:

a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do lol

In America people (and maybe UK) People might not understand.

My son in law described a visit to the barber in Turkey. It is very elaborate procedure. I understand that they break for tea.

Thread: Son Osmanlı

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longinotti1
1090 posts

26 Aug 2007 Sun 08:39 am

Fair enough MarioninTurkey.

zamanda kardeşlar doğru mu?

We are all allies now.

Thank you for your help.

Thread: kısa Eng - Turkish

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longinotti1
1090 posts

25 Aug 2007 Sat 09:40 am

Quoting MarioninTurkey:

Quoting Badiabdancer74:

yes, but gercekten means 'really' as in 'actually' not as in 'very much' I REALLY (cok cok) like dondurma is different than I ACTUALLY like dondurma (you may have thought that I do not, but I really do). Gercekten is to verify something is real by my understanding. "REALLY? Gercekten mi? " Yes, really. maybe it is used the other way too...

Badiab: Trust your translators, here. The use of gerÃ§ekten sounds very natural in Turkish and is nice!

I agree. You can't look up single word in a dictionary and draw a valid conclusion. From my 'intermediate' student point of view. This trans. seems fine.
(IMHO there is a lot more you need to learn about this language, it has a different logic that is wonderful)

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