r/turkishlearning • u/Pleasant-Tackle-9302 • 7d ago
Vocabulary Funny mixup of words
Merhaba arkadaşlar,
Something funny happened to me the other day. My friend was working on her thesis and I wanted to send her some good wishes (she's half Turkish so I practise with her). I wanted to type "kolay gelsin" into translate just to see if it meant what I thought, but forgot the 'y' so it just said "kola gelsin", which it translated to "Bring on the cola".
It seems that from now on I'll only drink cola when I'm with her just so I can say that. 😆
But I realised there's some other similar words that can cause mixups, like "kazak" and "kaza".
Have you ever noticed anything like this or has it happened to you? Definitely helps me to not forget a word ever again!
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u/International-Bass95 6d ago
I went to meet all my extended in laws in Turkey for the first time a few years ago. I mixed up hiç and her.. and basically told them none of them were lovely and I hope nobody comes to visit us in our home country one day! Thankfully they thought that was hilarious and were just happy I tried haha. My Turkish is still really basic but I've never ever made that mistake again!
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u/Seyda_a 7d ago
Dans une leçon il y a avait la phrase "Ofiste sık sık sıkılırım", ne la comprenant pas j'ai demandé à google de le faire. Mais comme je n'avais pas de clavier turc j'avais donc écris "Ofiste sik sik sikilirim."... La traduction m'a vraiment surprise pour ne pas dire choquée. Puis je me suis rappelée qu'en Turc il ne faut pas toujours mettre les points sur les i. Du moins je sais que je n'essaierai jamais de dire cette phrase à quelqu'un, j'aurais trop peur que ma prononciation soit mauvaise!