What's the difference between insan and kişi?
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insan: human
insanlar: people, a mass of humans
insanlık: 1humanity, 2humankind
insancıl: humanist
İnsanlar hafta sonları daha çok alışveriş yapıyorlar.
(People shop at weekends much more.)
kişi : person, head
kişilik: personality
kişisel: personal
kişi başı: per head
Otobüste kaç kişi vardı?
(How many people were there in the bus?)
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You can use "kişi" as individual as well. It usually gives information about a situation or number of people...
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insan means human, kişi means person but sometimes insan is also used as person.
example (similarity):
"orada çok insan var mı?" = "orada çok kişi var mı?" = "are there many people?"
example (difference):
"insan bencil bir varlıktır." = "human is a selfish creature." (we cannot use kişi here; because kişi is not a creature)
"bir kişi sizi görmeye geldi." = "a person has come to see you." (we cannot use insan here; because it would be weird to say "a human has come to see you" -as if an alien could have come too :D ok it can happen in a movie, why not -)
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