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Offline agazina

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« on: August 12, 2004, 08:12:54 AM »
I saw a funny incident the other day on the dolmus into work.
now there are several ways of saying you want to get off in Turkish and one of them is 'inecek var' meaning 'there is someone getting off'.
the other day there was this canadian who wanted to get off and said 'inek var' means 'there is a cow'. funny because everyone on the dolmus started looking around (middle of istanbul) for a cow.
when I first moved out here in 92 I was confused what to say to get off has there are so many ways to say this.
what do you say?


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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2004, 08:14:32 AM »
STOOOPP!

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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2004, 10:01:45 AM »
'Dur'- isnt that whats written above the bell on buses? If not dont know what that means but they always stop probably cos they think I'm bonkers- I always say lutfen though!

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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2004, 10:19:20 AM »
duribillirmisiniz (very polite, can you stop) would be a better way of saying stop but not many locals say that.

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« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2004, 10:53:34 AM »
how is that pronounced?

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« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2004, 11:03:30 AM »
dur-uh-bil-lir-misin-uz

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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2004, 11:05:24 AM »
inecek var is better (in-eh-jek var) , or another one which might be easier is 'bu site bir yerde'
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2004, 11:53:08 AM »
How do you pronounce 'bu site bir yerde'? I think I've heard it 100 times but the Turkish seem to miss off the bu and the start of the phrase (site) comes out as sigh or side. Is that right because I thought 'i' was always pronounced as 'in' not as 'eye'? (Does that make sense?)

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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2004, 12:26:06 PM »
pronounce it like its written site as in building site & yerde as in yer-de.
the i with the dot is pronounced as you would say the letter e, the one i without a dot is pronounced similar to uh.
dont know if that makes sense to anyone.

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« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2004, 13:24:10 PM »
givning in lol..............I'm gonna just yell STOP PLEASE!




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