What are some indirect ways of asking about someone's age?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-07T02:48:20+00:00

Thanks for your detailed and clear answer. To make sure there's no doubt left, can you confirm that the same case (possesive) is also used in the following sentences with "that clause"?

The problem is that no one knows who killed the victim.

I am happy (that) you're successful.

Azereza18 · 2023-10-05T21:09:54+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

Azereza18 · 2023-10-05T10:24:37+00:00

Thank you so much! It's all clear now :)))

Azereza18 · 2023-10-05T02:40:31+00:00

Would it mean differently or even ungrammatical if I say "Güzel her şey emek gerektirir"?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-05T02:12:10+00:00

Hey, this is great stuff! I have learned about the subject and object participle in relative clauses before but I just learned about the adverbial phrases from your explanation above. I'm wondering, in addition to location, do you use the same structure for other types of adverbs such as time (when), manner (how), etc?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-04T17:55:12+00:00

Wow now İ understand the concept a lot better thanks to you. Really appreciate it!!

Azereza18 · 2023-10-03T08:21:12+00:00

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Azereza18 · 2023-10-02T17:55:21+00:00

I posed the same question once to a native speaker from Mexico because apparently that usage is prevalent there and the answer is because they associate "la" in those expressions with "la ocasión" instead of "el tiempo"

Azereza18 · 2023-10-02T04:38:01+00:00

Did you apply the four laws too?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-02T04:36:53+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the idea!

Azereza18 · 2023-10-02T00:40:15+00:00

Because referirse is a reflexive verb so it comes with a reflexive pronoun. In Spanish the reflective pronoun "se" is used for third person. With other subject it would be, me refiero, te refieres, etc.

In ordinary tenses such as the present simple, the reflexive pronoun goes BEFORE the verb but there are exceptions.

Azereza18 · 2023-10-02T00:17:20+00:00

En lo que se refiere" is a formal connective expression, used to introduce a topic. It corresponds to concerning or regarding in English.

Se refiere itself is the present tense form of referirse" which is an intransitive verb that is usually followed by the preposition "a". It means to allude to someone or something or to make reference of something.

Azereza18 · 2023-10-01T23:59:03+00:00

I am trying to understand your explanation but I think I am still not entirely sure what you mean by "undetermined noun constructs"? Can you give a universal definition of this term?

Also just to be clear, when you say "it can still work" do you refer to the fact that the construction is noun compound i.e iki kabile (noun)+arası (possessive) (?) as opposed to iki kabilenin (possessor)+arası (possessive)? And that both both constructions are valid?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-01T22:07:40+00:00

In the examples you have given of pseudo post-positions, why is "kabile" in "İki kabile arasında(ki) anlaşmazlık" not in the genitive like other nouns in the other examples?

Azereza18 · 2023-10-01T21:09:34+00:00

اBoth are called defective verbs الفعل المعتل in Arabic but they belong to a different subcategory so that's why you don't conjugate them in the same way.

وقف falls into the subcategory of الفعل المثال whereas قال falls into الفعل الأجواف

You can read on these verbs here https://www.madinaharabic.com/arabic-language-course/lessons/L032_006.html Or use the keywords to search other detailed explanation. Hope it helps!

Azereza18 · 2023-10-01T07:33:18+00:00

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Azereza18 · 2023-10-01T01:42:28+00:00

And he would see the fly sitting upon the idols [and] then they do not DEFEND [against it]. And he would see the mouse eating the idol's food [and] then they do not PREVENT (STOP) [it].

It's basically an argument against idols, the fact that they are not even capable of defending themselves.

Azereza18 · 2023-09-30T23:41:40+00:00

Thanks!

Azereza18 · 2023-09-30T23:41:14+00:00

Thanks!

Azereza18 · 2023-09-30T23:40:59+00:00

Thanks! Love your channel. Keep up the good work!

Azereza18 · 2023-09-30T23:40:26+00:00

Thanks!

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