"In those years, this tall man treated young people very badly."
Translation:O yıllarda, bu uzun adam genç insanlara çok kötü davranmış.
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Why can't it be O yıllarda, bu uzunboylu adam gençlere çok kötü davranıyormuş.
What could be the mistake here? Adding the word 'boylu' maybe? o yıllarda, bu uzun boylu adam genç insanlara çok kötü davranmış
What about this alternative? "O yıllarda, bu uzun adam genç insanlarla çok kötü davrandı." In my point of view, both can be accepted unless further clues are put forward :-)
Yes. I got it. Thanks for your swift response. Now I have another question. "davrandı" & "davranmış" both are past tense with subtle differences. Which one is more prevalent and commonly used and why? Tekrar teşekkürler
davrandı = he treated. You knew about this at the time. You were aware of it.
davranmış = apparently he treated; it turns out that he treated; I found that he treated...
Basically, you didn't know about it at the time.
Both are equally common depending on the nuance you want to give.
Just a question about the verb. I see why the one given is o.k. but couldn't it also be 'davranıyormış' as the mistreatment happened over some period of time? Or maybe my reasoning is all off?
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The English sentence is in the past tense, while davranıyormUş is in the past continues tense.
Why is it "insanlara" instead of "insanlari"? And it's "O yillarda" because I can't use both words on plural?
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It's 'o yıllarda' because here the demonstrative pronoun (o) is acting like an adjective which will not be declined.
If you use 'those' acting as a noun it will be 'onlar' in Turkish, e.g.
Those are blue. = Onlar mavi.
Those shoes are blue. = O ayakkabı(lar) mavi.
You can use kişi instead (even though insan is better here), but it would still need to be plural and dative: kişilere [answer accepted Sept 2021].
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Why the answer "o yıllarda bu uzun erkek genç insalara çok kötü davranmış" is not accepted?
Possibly "insalara" tripped you up (should be "insanlara"). Typos are often overlooked, but not if they make another valid word. Since Duo forgives you missing the accent, that could pass for inşa "building" (with plural, dative).