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0 pointsgerdesj5y ago0 comments

  * yap: make
  * yapan: maker
  * yapanlar: makers
  * yapılan: made (I think, "then one being made" doesn't make sense to me)
  * yapılanlar: OK you got me there!  It may be another job for "made" or goods or a synonym eg: objets d'art.  Yes, I did just use three languages as my own in one sentence.

I'm not a linguist. I've managed to fail French and German and yet pass Latin (whatever the heck that is!) at O level (old UK exam at age 16.)

I don't think we have quite the same concept you are describing, in English as such but I think we might come close. You can generally take a verb and turn it into a closely related adjective, gerund and gerundive. Anyway, if there isn't a word available in English, we simply steal (sorry, borrow) someone else's - simples! I bet I routinely use a few Turkish words without even realising it. English is a proud mongrel - it was an amalgam from day 1.

(edit: I've forgotten how to do a list hereabouts - sorry, Ooh two spaces)

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tsegratis5y ago

Nice work, and nice list. I also failed in many languages :)

  yapıcı -- maker
  yapıcılar -- makers
  yapılcı -- something with the job of being made

Yes, that last one doesn't make sense, which shows you are right, they are different concepts

  yapmayan -- the one who doesn't make
  yapmayacı -- the one whose job is not to make
  yapabilan -- the one able to make
  yapmayabilan -- the one not able to make

Interesting to correspond those to programming concepts! A DOM query for objects. The task makes me think natural language is designed more for controlling scenes in a video game or theatre, than for programming -- since concepts like duration, force and timing are so prevalent

A Turkish word I'd like to see in English would be

  Kolay gelsin

Literally may it come easy to you, meaning both bless you, and I see your hardship

No matter where you say it, it makes people smile

hctaw5y ago

"Makee" and "makees" aren't in the dictionary but native speakers would probably understand what you mean

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* yap: make * yapan: maker * yapanlar: makers * yapılan: made (I think, "then one being made" doesn't make sense to me) * yapılanlar: OK you got me there! It may be another job for "made" or goods or a synonym eg: objets d'art. Yes, I did just use three languages as my own in one sentence.