• BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We can still do it. Time to ask what the turkish word is so we can integrate them into our Frankenstein language

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I looked it up earlier and don’t remember the exact characters so forgive the romanization but it’s basically changing “di” to “mis” at the end of verbs.

      “It rained” vs “apparently it rained” when you did not actually see it raining but the sidewalk is wet.

      “Ali is sick” vs “Ali is supposedly sick” when you did not confirm it (or perhaps doubt Ali’s claim??)

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        1 month ago

        Thanks for making it clearer. Just to add actual turkish so people can see properly :

        Yağmur yağdı > It rained
        Yağmur yağmış > It’s been said that it rained

        Ali hasta > Ali is sick
        Ali hastamış > It’s been said that Ali is sick

        Yağmur > rain
        yağ > to spread/to rain
        dı > past indicator
        mış > second person reporting, past

        hasta > sick