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| | 1 November 2008 18:02 |
| | "I want to live in Canada too." |
| | 1 November 2008 18:13 |
| lenabNumber of messages: 1084 | Yes, you could say that. But It could be missunderstood. "I want to live in Turkey and I want to live in Canada too."
Ben de = me too;
kanada'da yaÅŸamak istiyorum= I want to live in Canada.
Don't you agree? |
| | 1 November 2008 20:23 |
| | Sorry lenab, I do not. These words form only one sentence, not two. There would be a comma after "Ben de", if there were two sentences.
Change the order of the words and try again:
"Kanada'da ben de yaÅŸamak istiyorum." |
| | 1 November 2008 21:49 |
| | Hi Minuet and Lenab!
Our sentence is
Ben de Kanada`da yaÅŸamak istiyorum. (me too)
Not
Ben Kanada`da da yasamak istiyorum (in Canada, too).
ben de = me too
Kanada`da = in Canada
Kanada`da da = in Canada, too (also) |
| | 2 November 2008 00:32 |
| cosebNumber of messages: 30 | Anlam olarak anlaşılır bir cümle ama gramer hatası var. Ve bence bir dili sağlamlaştıran da onun grameridir. "I want to live in Canada as well" desek daha doğru olur gibi geliyor. Ayrıca, tam Türkçe düşünülerek çevirilmiş. |
| | 2 November 2008 09:56 |
| lenabNumber of messages: 1084 | The problem is not the meaning of the sentence, but where you put the "too; also, as well".
In Turkish it is one sentence with an emphasis on the subject. You could say only:"kanada'da yaÅŸamak istiyorum" I want to live in Canada. You have a subject there (-um). Ben de= me too. In Enlish the "too" should be connected with the word it referres to, in this case "I", not Canada.
"I too want to live in Canada" could be a solution, but the common way to put it is my first choice above. |
| | 2 November 2008 12:37 |
| | I think it should be:
"I also want to live in Canada" |
| | 2 November 2008 13:05 |
| lenabNumber of messages: 1084 | I trust you Lilian, so I edit.
However I think it's ambiguous when you read it. When speaking, you can make it clear what you mean by stress. That's why I wanted the "me too = ben de" in the beginning.
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| | 2 November 2008 14:03 |
| | If you want to stress the will, maybe you can say:
"I absolutely want to live in Canada" |