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I'm from Austria and you may guessed it right already, my native language is German. I consider myself fluent in English and since a few months I'm learning Turkish for whatever reason.
As this language is completly new to me, I have a hard time to understand spoken words and speak myself so it would be great, if someone here could support me, maybe with Skype or Google+ as they offer voice connections.
If you need help with German or English, I'd really like to support you with it, even if you don't speak Turkish ;)
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- How are the different words for "never" used? In my ongoing journey learning Turkish I've come across multiple words meaning the same, at least in the dictionary. Therefor this question is part of a series of questions, regarding those words. For this time, the word "never". It has two Turkish words - "hiç" and "asla". 1. Could you please explain the difference, if there is one, and 2. provide example sentences which show the differential meaning of the two words? This would be great! :) Teşekkür ederim!February 25, 201430
- I'm by no means fluent in Turkish but I want to share my sight from a learners point of view. In the Turkish language you have the personal pronouns, like you stated correctly are ben, sen, o and so on. But on the other hand you have the pronouns suffix forms which are more important in the language. From http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/personalpronouns.htm: "(1) Stand-alone Pronouns Ben gidiyorum - I am going. (2) Pronouns in suffix form (extended words). Gidiyorum [gidiyor-um] - I am going. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say comprendo - I understand instead of Yo comprendo - I understand." Because of the nature of the suffix form, it already states everything which is needed regarding the person. This is done by distinguish persons with the specific personal ending (in most cases I have to say because I'm not fluent) like in your example görmek = Infinitive form of the verb gör = verb stem -di-/-ti-, -dı-/-tı-, -dü-/-tü-, -du-/-tu- = Definite Past Tense, added to the verb stem, and awaits the personal suffix to state the person (ben) gör-dü-m (sen) gör-dü-n (o) gör-dü (biz) gör-dü-k (siz) gör-dü-nüz (onlar) gör-dü-ler (Source: http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/pasttense.htm) The stand-alone pronouns (in brackets) are mostly not used, because you already know the person from the last part, the personal suffix form (please also note, that this is true for other tenses, but the suffixes used are different). Therefor the stand-alone pronoun is widely omitted to support effictiveness and to avoid recursivity. Hope that helps :)0 votedJanuary 22, 20132
- How are the different words for "together" used? In my ongoing journey learning Turkish I've come across multiple words meaning the same, at least in the dictionary. Therefor this question is part of a series of questions, regarding those words. For this time, the word "together". It has two Turkish words - "birlikte" and "beraber". 1. Could you please explain the difference, if there is one, and 2. provide example sentences which show the differential meaning of the two words? This would be great! :) Teşekkür ederim!December 27, 201221
- How are the different words for "small" used? In my ongoing journey learning Turkish I've come across multiple words meaning the same, at least in the dictionary. Therefor this question is part of a series of questions, regarding those words. For this time, the word "small". It has two Turkish words - "ufak" and "küçük". 1. Could you please explain the difference, if there is one, and 2. provide example sentences which show the differential meaning of the two words? This would be great! :) Teşekkür ederim!December 27, 201221
First notebook entry: Introducing myself ( Sich vorstellen )
Hallo! Mein Name ist Sissi. Ich komme aus China. Ich studiere an der Universtät. Meine Hobbys sind Lesen, ich höre gerne Musik und chatte gerne. Ich lerne gerade Deutsch und Englisch. Ich suche Brieffreunde aus aller Welt.
0 votedNovember 27, 20121- It's not right that both mean "with". If you check them using a online dictionary, you may see the difference better ([1] mit, [2] dabei). Example time :) ** mit - with Ich bin mit Paul im Kino. - I'm at the cinema with Paul. ** dabei - to be present too Ich bin auch bei der Party (dabei). - I'm also at the party. Da bin ich dabei. - I'll come along. - I'm in. I'll highly recommend to check words using dict.leo.org or another dictionary of your liking, it'll give you many synonyms and you'll maybe get a better glance at the meaning. But we all struggle with it for sure ;) I hope this helps, but if not, please ask further. If you have some sentences regarding those words, which you don't fully understand, let's see them, and we could clear them up for you. [1] http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=&search=mit [2] http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=&search=dabei0 votedNovember 27, 20121

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