heyy guys :) *waves* newbie around :D

im vika (viktoria) from Bulgaria but live in CY liked the language threads around here...specially the turkish ones. im trying to learn the language. i already know a bit of russian but its because im from Bulgaria and its a bit close. I really like suomi but i only know 2-3 words :P on a side note: i study accounting, listen metal (thrash, heavy,melodic death and like some gothic).

well.. thats from me

thanks for the warm welcome in advance *hugs*

Originally Posted by whiplash986

liked the language threats around here

Hi Viktoria, and welcome.

We hope you enjoy your time here.

I do hope that there aren't any "language threats" around here! LOL

hahah LOL just saw this... see i need to go and read more often there thanks for the welcome ))

Hi Vika. Greetings from Turkey. I'm glad to hear that you like Turkish songs I hope you could find what you were looking for. If not, I can try to help you

Thank you for the welcome Can i private message you somehow... I want to ask you question about the Turkish language and more specifically about the order of words. Its very weird to me, and i have some difficulties

Sure you can!

Is there a rule how you make the order of sentence?
For example I have seen : I like to go to school.
and in turkish its somewhat: School I like go to.
I cant figure out how to make the order of a sentence. I know that in Turkish there is no gender like in BG:"we have male gener, female and middle.
I have question about the words: when do you use ı and when i ? when do you use g and when ğ? same for the other letters s and ş ü ü etc ç
I mean: is there a rule about it? I also noticed in turkish you have a lot of idioms. Is there a list of the most common idioms?

And last (maybe :P): How do you play Batak? (card game)

Generally it is "Subject + Complement + Predicate" but it can usually change.
I like to go to school > Okula gitmeyi severim / Okula gitmekten hoşlanırım (or however you translate)
Okula: school
Gitmeyi: To go to
Severim: I like
You can also say "Severim okula gitmeyi. (beginning with a predicate)" It is grammatically correct but sounds rather poetic, not like a sentence used in daily language.
ı i o ö u ü g ğ s ş c ç These are all letters and each makes a different word. They are not different from the other letters of the alphabet. Only "ğ" is seldom used. For example, "ılık" means "tepid, mild" whereas "ilik" means "marrow." I mean they have no difference from the other letters.
When you search "common turkish idioms" on google, you get lots of pages with many different idioms in each one This page might be useful.
Sorry to say that but I don't know how it is played...

PS: I thought you would ask your questions through pm and I didn't check the thread because of it. That's why I'm late to answer, sorry.

There is a Turkish to English, English to Turkish dictionary I'd like you to see:
http://www.turkishdictionary.net/
It is quite useful

Thank you Btw...is there a "the" type of equivalent in turkish? how many forms of the verbs there are? how many tenses?

You are welcome. No, there is not anything like "the" in Turkish. The verb forms are quite many. The tenses basically are:
Present Tense
Continuous Tense
Future Tense
Past Tense but there less frequently used ones: Past Perfect, Future Perfect etc

Sorry dont want to bother you, but is there a list of the prefixes and suffix of verbs?

Can you recommend me nice turkish artists (pop,metal etc)?
And maybe authors (I know about Orhan Pamuk but maybe other authors too)?

I cant send you PM, it says that you disabled this option and i cant send you PM.

Damn! I wrote so many things but all disappeared when my browser had to restart itself! I can't write them all over again and will cut it short
A suffixe list. This site seems really useful. I can consult a friend for links of suffix/prefix sites?

Books : (it is hard to find them in English. Some I've found)

Memed, My Hawk by Yaşar Kemal
The Wren (also called The Autobiography Of A Turkish Girl) and The Fall of Leaves by Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Bliss by Zülfü Livaneli
Stranger by Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
Last Train to Istanbul, Aylin, Face to Face and Farewell by Ayşe Kulin

A useful site about books

I like pop music, for this reason most of my names will be in this genre but I'll give you rock singers as well.

Pop

Hande Yener
Emre Altuğ
Gülşen
Murat Boz
Sezen Aksu
Yusuf Güney
Sertab Erener
Ajda Pekkan
Demet Akalın
Gökhan Tepe
Hadise
Mustafa Sandal
Gökhan Özen
Yalın
Yaşar
Candan Erçetin
İzel
Kutsi
Levent Yüksel
Grup Hepsi
Yonca Lodi
Atiye
İzel
Kutsi
Levent Yüksel
Betül Demir
Burcu Güneş
Deniz Seki
Funda Arar
Kenan Doğulu
Murat Dalkılıç
Mustafa Ceceli
Sıla
Nilüfer
Nil Karaibrahimgil
Tan


Rock

Şebnem Ferah
Emre Aydın
Badem
Seksendört
TNK
maNga
Kolpa
Duman
110
Çilekeş
Dorian
Gece Yolcuları
Kargo
Kurban
Yüksek Sadakat
Pentagram

I don't know any metal singers/bands but I can search if you like.

Yes, you normally can't send me a pm but you can do it by replying to my pms, like the one I sent you a few days ago. Use it to reply me or I can send you another one.