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I stumbled upon this site and I want to dust off my German skills. I took German classes at high school and afterwards however I was being lazy and forgot too much. I study MSc. Electrical Engineering in Turkey and plan to study abroad for my PhD. Germany would be a fine choice of course. But any foreign language is handy.
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  • Answered
    Well, it mainly depends on the sentence/phrase that is used. Can you write the whole sentence?
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    September 14, 2014
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    Noch einmal So, das ist meine erste Note. Jetzt versuche ich auf Deutsch zu schreiben. Ich habe von 2007 bis 2009 im Göethe Institut Deutschekurse teilgenommen. Es dauerte sieben Teile. Ich habe viel vergessen, deshalb planne ich in italki neue Kurse zu geben. Im Kurs konnte ich besser auf Deutsch schreiben, lesen, hören und sprechen, so das ist mein erstes Ziel, um meine alte Deutsch verbessern. Diese Note wurde ohne Wörterbuchhilfe geschrieben.
    September 13, 2014
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  • Corrected

    Türkçenin Zorluğu

    Yeni dil öğrenirken birkaç zorluk var: bazı zamanlar ("bazen" fits more here but "bazı zamanlar" isn't wrong) zorluk ana dilinin ve diğer dilin benzer olması (örneğin, 'on' Türkçede 10, ama Baskçada 'iyi'); (you don't use apostrophe here, see the 4th "uyarı" under "Kesme işareti" rule in here: http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=187:Noktalama-Isaretleri-Aciklamalar&catid=50:yazm-kurallar&Itemid=132) bazı zamanlar (still "bazen" feels better here) ise dillerin arasındaki farklar. Mesela: Türkçedeki büyük zorluklardan biri yancümleleri kurmak. (I believe you meant to say: "For example one of the big challenges in Turkish is structuring subclauses", correct me if I'm wrong)

    Anlatayım. Baskça hariç şu ana kadar öğrendiğim diller Hint-Avrupalıydı. Yancümleleri kurmak için küçük bir kelime (adding "bir" and changing from "söz" to "kelime" fits better) var: İngilizcede 'that', Fransızca, İspanyolca, İtalyanca ve Katalancada 'que', Türkçede 'ki' gibi (I removed the apostrophes again). Yancümleler bu kelimenin ("söz" -> "kelime", and "bu" is better) arkasında, sağa, yazılır. Baskça orta dereceli şey: 'ki' ifade etmek, '-la' fiile bağlanmış konuşulur (veya yazılır) (I couldn't understand this sentence, sorry :). Baskçada (no atostrophe again) yancümleler temel tümcenin sağına veya soluna koyulabılır. Türkçe çok farklı: yancümlenin fiili (I believe you meant to say "verb") genitif halinde olmalı ve fiile '-dik' eki gelmeli. Bence zor! (no need for a comma here)

    Umarım bu notu düzeltmeniz benim yazmamdan daha kolay olur!

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    September 8, 2014
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  • Answered
    Well, the best place is in front of your eyes: the whole city! Just dive into the conversations with people around you, push yourself. Don't hesitate to speak already what you know about Turkish, even if it is "Hello, how are you?" level. And make mistakes. Make a lot. Good luck :)
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    September 8, 2014
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    The "-il" suffix is used for passive voice in Turkish, so "verilmek" means "to be given". Your example is translated as "how to lose 5 kilos (it's the short term of kilogram) in 5 steps" so its also used in "how to" or "what to" phrases. For example: How to build a tent: Çadır nasıl kurulur? (Kurmak: to set, to build; "-ul" suffix implies the "how to" form)
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    July 11, 2013
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  • Answered
    If you use "değil" in that sentence (Kaçınılması mümkün değil), it means "It is impossible to avoid." When you say "kaçınılması mümkün olmayan", it means "(something) which is impossible to avoid", so you should propose a noun for (something) to complete your sentence.
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    July 11, 2013
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  • Answered
    I don't think there is any difference. You can use both of them.
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    July 11, 2013
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  • Corrected

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Ich lerne Deutsch, weil mir Deutsch sehr gefällt und ich in Deutschland studieren will. Ich bin aus der Türkei und studiere Elektrotechnik. Meine hobbies sind Basketballspielen, Schwimmen und Lesen.

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    September 11, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Ich lerne Deutsch weil Deutsch mir sehrgefällt und ich in Deutschland studieren will. Ich bin aus der Türkei und studiere Elektrotechnik. Meine hobbies sind Basketball spielen, schwimmen und lesen.

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    September 7, 2012
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself Ich lerne Deutsch weil Deutsch mir schön gefällt und ich in Deutschland studieren will. Ich bin aus der Türkei und studiere Elektrotechnik. Mein hobbies sind Basketball spielen, schwimmen und lesen.
    September 4, 2012
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