Does anyone know the historical origin of the word müslüman? I don't know Arabic, but was told that the s-l-m stem produced Muslim, Musulman and Islam etc.,...
Hi Tim, According to Sevan Nişanyan's Etimoloji Sözlüğü, "Müslüman" originates from the word "selam" which in Arabic means ""be in good health/ safe"....
To my knowledge, one of the meanings of the word selam is peace..so, origin of the word musluman is also peace. ... Hi Tim, According to Sevan Nişanyan's...
Hi :) I posted about trying to translate stuff here earlier, so someone posted a text for me to try to translate; I started trying today and got thru one third...
Hi Sergei, Your email is an example to what I everyday suffer as an editor in a publishing house. Apart from many other duties, one part of my job is to...
sergei wrote: Daha iyilerini gormustum. (I saw better ones?) i wonder which is true: i had seen better ones or as sergei said: i saw better ones.. ayrica biz...
Merhaba, Esen`in yorumlarinin hemen hemen hepsine katiliyorum. Yalnizca asagidaki cumlede avunmak fiilini de cevirirsek anlam ve icerik olarak daha dogru ...
"Even after the films that had bored me, I was consoled by the thought of a few beautiful scenes that had actually been worth the time I spent watching them." ...
Tekrar merhaba :) ... Actually, the word "bile" here seems more like "eventhough" rather than "even", although I know "bile" stands for "even" in English. Try...
Merhaba, Here is the complete text of Sulhi Dölek's short story. Emre Yazman ... Yaşam Uzlaşmadır Hulki Bey ya da Bir Zamanlar Yeşilçam Bugüne kadar bir...
I would translate this as follows: "Even in times when he hurt me/It would frighten me to feel his absence." It's still "even", not "even though". Laura 3:) ...
I thought this one was amusing - taught me quite a few useful words today: piknik tip isim, tip Orta boylu, sismanca, genis ve yumusak yüzlü, kalinca...
... yukari dogru ... Additionally, they are always cheerful and optimistic. :) No, no, not me, I'm quite skinny! LOL There are also the "Atletik Tip" and one...
Burak, I guess there are many types - but this one seems to be a kind of idiom. I can't say I've heard it in English before though! tim ... yukari dogru ... ...
... idiom. I ... Well, I only remember three types. I don't remember where I saw it first though. Maybe in a psychology book or something like that when I was...
Hi Tim, It's not an idiom, it's actually a word used to define this body structure. You may ask why piknik? I don't know whether you know about those things,...
As I said earlier there are 3 types which are called: - Atletik Tip (the more muscular athletic type) (mesomorph) - Piknik Tip (the rotund pyknic type)...
Giving examples can be helpful. 09:50am - (Eng) It's ten to ten. (TR) Ona on kala/var. 03:47am - (Eng) It's thirteen to four. (TR) Dorde onuc kala/var. ... ...
Surely this is NOT right ! The formula given is ok for It's five to one etc but Kala and gece is ONLY used if you want to say At five to one etc [Kala ]...
hi; Button (Honda) bitis çizgisine bir kaç yüz metre kala yaris disi kaldi. (Button (Honda) bitis cizgisine bir kac yuz metre kala yaris disi kaldi.)...
Unfortunately, I cannot read Burak's post, so I'll respond to John's. Please correct me (everybody) if I'm wrong, but I remember having learned this when I...
but we use these words:) especially when I'm going to meet someone and I call him on the way, I say "onu on gece" or "bire ceyrek kala". also, for examle, when...
Tesekkuler Bucak, I'm only a beginner,so I'm not able to read those turkish. Is it possible for you to put them into English? Thank you again. regards, viola...
Hi John, I don't have the book "Pollard's Teach Yourself Turkish". Can you quote some of the content of page 77 and 78 here? Or, can you let me know where you...
Hi. Sorry I was not able to write them in english; Can anybody help me please^^. (Actually i tried and write them in english but as there are professional...
