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At 2+ years in Area 51 we have to close this proposal. Keep this proposal alive by restarting it. See discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/q/5798. – Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:48

closed as not a viable proposal by Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:48

This proposal will not result in a useful, productive, or viable Q&A site.

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added by Caleb Apr 11 '11 at 11:23

They are formed intuitively. For example, "kaskara" doesn't look wrong but "kas" looks reserved for "kaskatı" and "kapkara" sounds better. – sevenkul Nov 20 '11 at 20:25

@sevenkul: Thanks for participating here, but please keep in mind that this is a site proposal and these are example questions. Comments should be reserved for discussion about the merits of questions to a future site. This is not a space to forward any form of answers. Let's talk about whether or not these questions would make constructive contributions to a site if it were to go live. Thanks! – Caleb Apr 24 '12 at 9:37

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added by hippietrail Jun 27 '11 at 18:03

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added by musa, edited by Caleb Oct 25 '11 at 8:57

It is possible to say but you do not have to use any article. If we look at the definition of the "Definite article": A definite article indicates that its noun is a particular one (or ones) identifiable to the listener. It may be something that the speaker has already mentioned, or it may be something uniquely specified. So in order to give the meaning of sentence with "the" article it is enough that the thing we used in sentence has mentioned before. "Give me the book." = "Kitabı bana ver." (I want the book we talked before. "Give me a book." = "Bana bir kitap ver." – Olcay Ertaş Oct 25 '11 at 12:51

@Olcay Area51'e hoşgeldiniz! Thanks for following this proposal. I hope the site goes live some day. For now keep in mind that this page is a site proposal and these questions are samples or the kinds of things we would like to ask. Please don't try to answer questions here, only work out what kinds of things would be good or bad questions someday when the site actually makes it into production. – Caleb Oct 25 '11 at 13:33

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added by Caleb Apr 2 '11 at 18:46

Actually, "her şey" should be written separately bit.ly/xrQcaj I guess that you wanted to give an example like "hiçbir". Note that "şey" is always written separately in Turkish and this is one of the most frequent mistakes. – petrichor Jan 11 '12 at 18:11

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added by Peter Patzt May 14 '11 at 19:17

This is a reasonable example, but since these grammar forms are significantly different (indefinite past tense vs. present continuous tense) could I recommend editing this question to the difference between "-iyor" ve "-mekte" (alternate forms of present continuos) so that this is specialty question? – Caleb May 15 '11 at 12:20

I would ask such a question because it both appears in situation where an information is told about, that the teller wasnt witnessing himself. – Peter Patzt May 15 '11 at 12:54

there is no difference between -iyor and -mekte. -iyor is more common but -mekte is more used to tell a situation. Still, I like -mekte more than -iyor because it's a better alternative for present continous. – PythEch Sep 21 '11 at 21:10

@PythEch: This site is just an area to propose SAMPLE questions and vote on how viable they would be if the site were to be launched. Please don't try to answer questions here as it just distracts from the focus of defining a site to launch. Also, please add yourself to the 'followers' of the site proposal so that it might some day be launched as a real site! – Caleb Sep 30 '11 at 11:22

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added by Jaime Soto Jun 23 '11 at 17:49

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added by musa Aug 29 '11 at 2:35

In your example, 't' isn't turning into 'd'; it's the other way around. The stem for 'go' is in reality 'gid-', which turns into 'git-' when it is not followed by a vowel. 'Süt' on the other hand has a final 't' so it never changes. – SigueSigueBen Dec 2 '11 at 17:01

@SigueSiguBen , you are incorrect. Last consonant alteration rule does not apply to single syllable nouns. This rule also does not apply to borrowed words like psikopat etc. It also applies to some verbs: et→ed-ecek. For verb roots, only ‘t’ endings are voiced. And most suffixes: elma-cık→elma-cığ-ı, yap-acak→yap-acağ-ım – mdakin Mar 30 '12 at 10:00

@SigueSigueBen: As mdakin pointed out, your explanation is wrong. The official verb stem for "to go" really is "git-mek". More importantly, this is not the place to even try to answer these questions. Please keep your comments to the value of the example questions and their relevance to a potential site and don't clutter up the comment space here with answers. Save those contributions for when we have a site on our hands. Thank you. – Caleb Apr 24 '12 at 9:34

@Caleb When I first joined, I didn't realise the intention of this (i.e. not a place to actually answer questions). I figured this out and stopped answering a long time ago. On the subject of git-/gid-, see Robert Underhill's grammar for why it is better to think of the stem being gid- rather than the official dictionary git-. – SigueSigueBen Apr 26 '12 at 17:27

@SigueSigueBen: Ya öyle bir şey olur mu? Gerçek fiil kökü 'git' iken niye hatalı bir grameri sunalım ortaya? Türkçenin en iyi taraflarından bir tanesi bu zaten kuralların hepsini uyguluyor. Kök kelimeleri bir öğrendiysen kurallara dayanarak düzgün bir şekilde kulanabilirsin. – Caleb Apr 26 '12 at 21:33

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added by musa Aug 29 '11 at 2:41

Yes. "Yusuf ve Ayşe geliyorlar." is a true call cause there is more than 1 person. "-ler, -lar" plural predicates must be used when multiple subjects occurs. If you use non plural "geliyor" with multiple subject it sounds as saying "person" instead of "people", but lately as all languages evolves people started to use "geliyor" also for multiple subjects. Resaon is using less word to describe the action.. but it doesnt change the fact its wrong. – Berker Yüceer Nov 15 '12 at 8:27

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added by hippietrail Jun 29 '11 at 14:35

Now to your questions: the sequence 'aa' does not appear in Turkish words and is only found in Arabic words, where almost always represents two 'a' sounds back-to-back: 'cemaat'. Specifically, 'ağ' sounds very similar to 'â' and 'ağa' sounds like 'âa'. – SigueSigueBen Dec 2 '11 at 17:12

I accidentally delete the first half of my answer: It is not entirely correct to state that 'ğ' lengthens the previous vowel. It does so only after 'a', 'ı','o' and 'u' (except in some dialects, where it is audible). After 'e', 'i', 'ö' and 'ü', however, it is pronounced like the letter 'y'. – SigueSigueBen Dec 2 '11 at 17:13

In [Â] sound, it is a palatal sound while /a/ sound is back and low one. Actually, we can say that the former one is fronted. Actually, they are different sounds. – Serpil Karabüklü Jan 11 '12 at 19:17

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added by Caleb Apr 2 '11 at 16:42

'Olmaksızın' is poetic way of saying 'without'. – sevenkul Nov 20 '11 at 20:11

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added by user38893 Jun 7 '11 at 9:26

I've decided not to vote for this as "on topic" yet because of how cultural it is and the fact that the answer will vary widely based on other factors besides language. Can you edit it to be more language specific? Such as, "what connotations can addressing someone as [word] have?" – Caleb Jun 13 '11 at 12:58

I think this question is fine as it is. Remember as a proposal we don't have the luxury of having space for a question body as well as a question title that an actual SE site has. This seems comparable to many questions we get on Japanese SE. – hippietrail Jul 25 '11 at 12:21

If the age difference is obvious, it is not offensive. Kizim, hanim kizim, evladim (my child) is also common. – mdakin Mar 30 '12 at 10:09

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added by hippietrail Jun 27 '11 at 2:46

	They can understand Azeri but missing some words and pronunciation sounds weird. – sevenkul Nov 20 '11 at 20:04
	A normal Turkish speaker will understand very little of spoken Turkmen of Iraq and will be entirely unable to read it as it is written in the Arabic alphabet. Turkmen of Turkmenistan is written in the Latin alphabet and will be somewhat intelligible. A Turkish speaker will understand virtually nothing of Kyrgyz or Kazakh, but in all these cases a Turkish speaker will be able to learn these languages quite quickly. – SigueSigueBen Dec 2 '11 at 16:59
	The question specifies "talking" amongst themselves, so writing is not relevant but hey it's just an example question. – hippietrail Dec 2 '11 at 23:18
	Picky... the question was answered and a little extra info was given. – SigueSigueBen Dec 3 '11 at 19:08
	Please take Caleb's announcement into consideration which tells that these are example questions that shape the proposal. So, please add comments to improve the questions, but do not answer them yet. If the site gets mature enough and launches some day, answering will be available. – petrichor Jan 11 '12 at 18:16

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added by hkBattousai May 26 '12 at 20:56

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added by musa Aug 29 '11 at 2:29

Both are perfectly valid. – mdakin Mar 30 '12 at 10:03

@mdakin: Thanks for participating here, but please keep in mind that this is a site proposal and these are example questions. Comments should be reserved for discussion about the merits of questions to a future site. This is not a space to forward any form of answers. Let's talk about whether or not these questions would make constructive contributions to a site if it were to go live. Thanks! – Caleb Apr 24 '12 at 9:36

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added by Ege Özcan Apr 12 '12 at 7:12

"Şey" is always written separately. There are some common mistakes in Turkish, done even by its native speakers. This is just one of them. So, "birşey" must also be written separately, as "bir şey". – hkBattousai May 24 '12 at 21:28

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added by hkBattousai May 24 '12 at 22:03

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added by hkBattousai May 26 '12 at 21:01

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added by hkBattousai May 26 '12 at 22:04

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added by hippietrail Jun 27 '11 at 2:47

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added by petrichor Jan 11 '12 at 18:33

This is called vowel deletion or vowel ellipsis. There are several exceptions and rules associated for this rule, some are explained in this document I co-authored: docs.google.com/document/d/… Search for vowel ellipsis. – mdakin Mar 30 '12 at 9:53

Please take Caleb's announcement into consideration which tells that these are example questions that shape the proposal. So, please add comments to improve the questions, but do not answer them yet. If the site gets mature enough and launches some day, answering will be available. – petrichor Mar 30 '12 at 10:51

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added by hippietrail Jun 27 '11 at 1:52

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added by petrichor Apr 22 '12 at 17:46

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added by hkBattousai May 26 '12 at 20:59

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added by canpolat Aug 9 '12 at 19:52

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added by Jaime Soto Jun 23 '11 at 17:51

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added by Yasin Okumus Jul 27 '11 at 8:29

closed as duplicate of What is the difference between “başka”, “diğer”, “öteki”, and “öbür”; which can all translate to English “other”? by Caleb, Dori Oct 3 '11 at 2:57

This question covers exactly the same ground as another question in this proposal.

This would be a good on topic question but it is conceptually nearly identical this one so I am using my vote to rally support behind that question. – Caleb Aug 5 '11 at 12:10

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added by Serpil Karabüklü Jan 12 '12 at 8:37

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added by Caleb Jul 13 '12 at 8:39

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added by niw3 Dec 26 '12 at 22:31

Say, "Is there an equivalent for present perfect tense of English in Turkish?". People may be surprised to learn there isn't. The reverse may also be asked: "What is the [language] equivalent of [Turkish tense]?" – niw3 Dec 26 '12 at 22:34