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| ElfoEscuro Diglot Senior Member United States cyworld.com/brahmapu Joined 6290 days ago 408 posts - 423 votes  Speaks: Portuguese, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 9 of 36 28 July 2008 at 1:31am | IP Logged | ||
You mean SOV. English is SVO. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| !LH@N Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6822 days ago 487 posts - 531 votes Speaks: German, Turkish*, English Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish | Message 10 of 36 28 July 2008 at 5:02am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, sorry little typo
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5995 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 11 of 36 29 July 2008 at 12:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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Just thought I would put this up: http://www.ingilish.com/turkish-links.htm
It has, links to sites for individual study, this is my favourite so far, of the three I have looked at: http://www.turkce.ro/ Also, links to turkish newspapers. Also, Live/online turkish tv Also, Podcasts and radio. Hope it helps some folks. Thom 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6273 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 12 of 36 31 July 2008 at 4:33am | IP Logged | ||
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For native English speakers, Turkish is a difficult language with some "easy" traits. The Roman alphabet, phonetic spelling and regular, genderless grammar are a help. But little of the vocabulary is familiar and the sentence structure is different and hard to master. It is the most difficult language I have seriously studied.
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5995 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 13 of 36 01 August 2008 at 1:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Mr Camden,
How long did you study it for, and at what level do you speak it? Any advice for a beginner? Methods you found to be more effective than others? I am very interested in any advice you can give me, and any others who might benefit from your experience, and look forward from hearing more from you. Sincerely, Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 01 August 2008 at 1:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6273 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 14 of 36 02 August 2008 at 4:18am | IP Logged | ||
I started learning in 1997. By 2000, I was able to step in as interpreter for a delegation in Turkey after the original interpreter was arrested during a protest. Even now, though, I would only say I was semi-fluent in the language. My knowledge works for some situations but not others. One Turkish speaker a few years ago rated my knowledge of the language as "quite powerful". Another rated it as "weak". I make my own vocabulary cards, try to learn vocabulary in context (esp. important for Turkish) and talk to native speakers whenever possible. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5995 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 15 of 36 02 August 2008 at 9:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Mr Camden,
I would think that if you were able to step in as an interpreter, that yes, your knowledge must be quite well developed. I know it has been a while, but do you have any texts or resources you would recommend? I am a fan of vocab in context, I don't absorb vocab cards, lists of vocab so easily. But after reading it a few times in context, newspapers, books, etc, it tends to stick. So I am glad it is important, and hopefully it will come along steadily, if not swiftly. Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| !LH@N Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6822 days ago 487 posts - 531 votes Speaks: German, Turkish*, English Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish | Message 16 of 36 02 August 2008 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Get yourself a Cumhuriyet, don't go for any other newspaper (especially not Sabah!) If you can't find it, Hürriyet would be alright too, but Cumhuriyet is the best of the best!
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