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solka
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04 August 2008 at 2:17am | IP Logged

zhiguli wrote:

I do appreciate its logic, though the logic is a very foreign one to someone with an Indo-European language background. Everything seems to be the complete reverse of what you're used to, but that's what makes it interesting.

I completely agree with this. I tried to explain my Turkish-speaking niece some topic in English, and realized that the logics of our languages are completely different. There is even no word for 'which' in Turkish! It is given by a special ending to a verb. Also, Turkish sentence structure makes it difficult to read long sentences, because by the time you get to the point - the verb that usually is in the end - you forget what was the sentence all about. Even Turks say that :)
But as said before, Turkish grammar is quite logical, and they even say that Turkish language is like math.
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William Camden
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Message 34 of 36

04 August 2008 at 10:35am | IP Logged

ExtraLean wrote:

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.

Various newspaper and magazine websites and the Turkish Wikipedia are good Internet sources (I think Turkish speakers are above-average Internet users, at least by volume). I also sometimes cut out extracts from newspapers or magazines and paste them into a notebook for learning Turkish.
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ExtraLean
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Message 35 of 36

06 August 2008 at 3:59am | IP Logged

Wikipedia isn't a bad idea, one I hadnt thought of before, given its systematic dismissal at my university. But for language learnign purposes it can't be too bad. Found a learn turkish wikibook too.

Thanks to all.

Thom.
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William Camden
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06 August 2008 at 5:55am | IP Logged

solka wrote:

zhiguli wrote:

There is an equivalent of which, the word ki, though it appears to be a Persian loanword.

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