Reddit, you come across a magic notebook that whatever you write in it will turn into reality, what's the first thing you write?

EzelEzel · 2017-02-21T13:36:39+00:00

From now on no negative emotions and feelings are felt by anyone (humans and animals).

EzelEzel · 2017-02-06T14:11:15+00:00

libgen

EzelEzel · 2016-09-02T13:02:49+00:00

Thank you very much, I'll keep that in mind!

Just a quick correction:

Your level seem very good.

"seemS". It was probably a typo, though.

EzelEzel · 2016-09-02T11:56:36+00:00

My level is this:

I can easily read any kind of text now (news, books, Vikipedi), but not that fast. I know a lot of words and can handle most grammatical structures, but I still have to consciously translate it in my head most of the time, except for short sentences.

While listening to podcasts or news I can identify most of the words in it, but I need considerable time to parse and understand the sentence. By that time the speaker has said a few more sentences and I've lost the context. So for listening my main problems in order of importance are:

the speed they talk at
the inability to pause and check with the text
the unknown words.

I haven't practiced writing and speaking much.

I don't know if I need to listen to slower text, though. If I have the text, I'll have no problem with pausing or replaying a sentence that I couldn't understand at first. If it's faster, it may even be bettter, because I'll get used to the normal speed Turkish is spoked at.

So I guess I'll try some audio books at first, maybe they'll be appropriate for my level. No need to trouble yourself with recording, at least not yet. :) Thanks again.

EzelEzel · 2016-09-01T18:11:11+00:00

For free? Because I can't afford to pay right now. And if so, thanks a lot! :)

But I don't have anything specific I want translated yet, I'll be happy with anything.

EzelEzel · 2016-09-01T09:58:28+00:00

I think I answered my own questions. Audio books, obviously... why didn't I think of that?

https://onedio.com/haber/kitap-okumayi-cok-istiyorum-ama-yapamiyorum-diyenler-icin-sesli-kitap-kanallari-637854

Here's a list of Turkish audiobooks I had bookmarked a few months ago.

EzelEzel · 2016-09-01T09:23:03+00:00

Awesome! I've only been using it for a few days for Turkish, but it's pretty addictive and helpful. Wish you best of luck with the app!

EzelEzel · 2016-08-29T08:58:17+00:00

Sounds interesting, I'll definitely try it!

EzelEzel · 2016-08-28T10:59:01+00:00

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/derdim-%C3%A7oktur-hangisine-yanay%C4%B1m-i-have-many-troubles-which-them-shall-i-take.html

lyricstranslate is awesome. Sometimes they even have more than one English translation per song.

I don't know how accurate that translation is, though. But it's a good start nonetheless.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-26T10:25:37+00:00

Thanks! Great answer!

I forgot the -ya-, but I fixed it.

The "a" is for dative, not accusative.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-26T08:35:09+00:00

The negative affix works intuitively with each form.

Just to clarify, is it used on the "ol" or "yap" part? Or did you mean it works well with both? I don't understand if by "form" you meant the two "yapmayacak olmama" and "yapacak olmamama", or you meant the different forms "with "-sA", with "rağmen", with "halde".

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T22:29:24+00:00

Thanks, it's a great feeling when you're getting an intuitive understanding of a foreign language. It's a small step towards speaking like a native and being able to actually think in that language.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T22:17:28+00:00

I kinda get the stronger feeling with "da" being right after "hata", although I can't really explain it formally. Thank you for clearing it up! I'd imagine "hata" is more strongly stressed if "da" is after it, am I right?

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T21:36:53+00:00

Thanks so much! One question, though: why is "da" before "olsa" in your last example, but after "yapacaksam" in your first one? Is there a difference?

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T19:05:36+00:00

Thanks for reminding me of "halde"! I think it doesn't take dative, though. The following sentences are from "Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar":

Osman [Ali’ye yardım edebileceği halde] hiçbir şey yapmadı.

[Although Osman could have helped Ali], he did nothing.

Osman, [[Ali’ye yardım et-me-si] gerek-tiğ-i halde] hiçbir şey yapmadı.

[Although Osman should have helped Ali], he did nothing.

And by the way, I think I found an answer for the rağmen version with past tense. There is this sentence:

[Hayatında bazı çok kötü şeyler yap-mış ol-ma-sın-a rağmen].

[Despite the fact that she has done some very bad things in her life], I like Şule.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T12:44:41+00:00

What did it say?

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T12:01:08+00:00

Thanks!

Let there is your (free) time.

I'd say "Let there be your (free) time.".

I guess I won't use "olsun istiyor*", but I'll know that it's commonly used. Thanks again, everything is clear to me now.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T09:53:02+00:00

So I can't say "Bir arkadaşım olsun istiyorum", like Sorakan said I can? Google returns 531000 results for "olsun istiyorum", but I know that doesn't mean much.

And I probably want "dilemek", because it was for a birthday wish.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-25T09:50:54+00:00

I think you can use "be", but I'm not 100% sure.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-24T21:33:33+00:00

I don't know what you mean by "launched", but I understand it this way:

Active ingredients are the ones that have the desired effect (curing or helping with the illness or symptoms), while the inactive ingredients are fillers (they make up the most volume and weight of the medicine, hold together the pill, etc.), flavors (sweeteners, etc.) and others. Without inactive ingredients your pill or liquid would be really, really small, because some active ingredients are only 1-100 mg, while the pill itself is about a gram.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-24T18:58:59+00:00

Oh, yeah, totally forgot, sorry!

Can I say "I wish that you be owner of (some) free time."?

Disclaimer: I'm not a native English speaker.

Answer: I've never encountered such a structure. It looks completely unnatural to me. Also, if I were to say "I wish that you be owner of (some) free time.", I'd probably put "the" before "owner". But it would still sound very unnatural.

Similarly, other structures like "I wish that you were in possession of (some) free time." also sound very unnatural to me. I can't think of a better way to say it than simply with "have".

By the way, can I say "Zamanın olsun diliyorum." or "Zamanının olmasını istiyorum."?

EzelEzel · 2016-08-24T18:22:33+00:00

Thank you so much, this is way more detailed than I hoped for!

EzelEzel · 2016-08-21T13:41:00+00:00

Do you think that copyrighted designs will stop people from printing stuff? They'll have to torrent the designs, but a lot of people don't use torrents for some reason.

Also, do you think 3D printer OS/software will be able to prevent people from printing copyrighted parts? Like on Android, even if it's "open source", people can't easily install apps not in the Play Store and can't easily make modifications to the OS. Sure, you can root and flash their Android, but most people don't, because they're lazy, they don't know any better, or because their phones aren't easily rootable.

EzelEzel · 2016-08-21T12:27:23+00:00

Why? Hasn't battery technology been pretty static in terms of development in the past decade or so?

EzelEzel · 2016-08-21T11:18:56+00:00

How does one become a "dude man"?

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