"Sen ye!"
Translation:Eat!
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Why this comment is on the top .. comment is not related with the question ..
Imperative wouldn't have 'you' in it, though.
If you're telling somebody to do something in English, you don't say 'you eat'.
Yes, you can say "You eat!" as a command in English, for emphasis, although in my dialect it's somewhat rude.
When someone tells you to eat, then as a reply you can indeed say "(no,) you eat!", imho.
I think we are only discussing the imperative form 'Sen ye!' = 'Eat!' or 'You eat!' here. 'You eat' as a fact would imho be translated '(sen) yersin'.
that's exactly the case when you say "sen ye" instead of just "ye" in turkish. so I think the english translation should be "you eat"
Thanks. Gave a Lingot because I hadn't thought of it that way.
I guess I was thinking more of a generic imperative than a retort or sorts.
They are interchangeable, mother to reluctant child "eat" or "you eat" are both equally valid and have the same meaning
As a native speaker, I'd like to suggest that "you eat [it]!" be added as an acceptable answer. (as in, "I don't want to eat this. You eat it!")
But it would be much more confusing because of the simple present tense issue.
benduran, perhaps there are several chlidren around the table and one of them does not eat, but speaks.
Commands in English rarely use the subject pronoun. We intentional chose not to include this because we want to make sure people learn to distinguish between the command form "Eat!" and the simple present for m "You eat."
Can you say the imperative using both “sen ye” and “ye” ? so sen yerim is you eat, and sen ye would be eat !
"Sen ye!" is a command (Eat!). In this, you cannot use the word "you" in English, with rare exception.
"Sen yersin." is a full sentence that means "You eat." You must use "you" in English here.
This is a listening exercise , right ?' Sen yersin ' is a sentence in simple present tense and the english translation is ' You eat ' .. here the sound we here just ' sen ye ' not 'sen yersin ' ye means eat simply..
We can say .. sen is not necessary but this is a listening exercise , it would be wrong and there would be conflict with the sound and writing.
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If sen means "you" then why cant "sen yer" mean "you eat?" Also whats the difference between yer, yerim and yersin..thanks for the help
Yer = he/she/it eats. Yerim = I eat. Ending -im = 1st person singular. Yersin = You eat. -sin = you singular informal. I think plural and formal is -siniz so Yersiniz but don't quote me.
Ye kelimesinin başına getirilebilecek tek kelime var.Biz ye ,ben ye olmaz.Sadece sen gelebilir.Zaten söylendigi zaman başında sen kelimesinin oldugu anlaşılıyor
Totally confusing. It did not take my answer of "you eat", even though that's what "sen ye" means!
In the imperative in English we usually omit "you" "Eat!" is correct. but you could say "You, eat!" if responding back to someone.
But "you eat" would be "sen yersin;" without the personal ending it's translated in the imperative.
I have the same question It suppose to be "Sen yersin" so why it came here as "Sen ye !!!
Yep, "sen" means "you." However, it is important to note that we do not actually say the word "you" when giving commands in English most of the time. :)
"Sen ye!" is a command (Eat!). In this, you cannot use the word "you" in English, with rare exception.
"Sen yersin." is a full sentence that means "You eat." You must use "you" in English here.
turkish, perhaps, "YOU, eat!" would work. "You" between several children. With a comma.
Have a look there! https://turkishexplained.com/imperative.htm. I think we have to comprehend Turkish language, not from our native language -which is usefull to translation- Nothing better that to go in Türkiye or meet Turkçe people where you live, isn'it?
As a french native, i can say: "you, eat"! I imagine i am with two groups of persons: i say to one group : "you, eat" and to the other group: "you, go on working"! Is it possible with turkish language?
If it were groups, it would be 'siz ye' as it is plural. I can see your reasoning though.
No .. for plural as we mean you .. it should be like these 'Siz yeyin' or 'siz yiyin ' for imperatives actually pronouns are not necessary and better not to use like we do with the verbs in Turkish .. example I go - (Ben) gider-im or You go - gider-sin . He/she/It goes - gider . Gider-iz (we) Gider-siniz ( you plural) gider-ler ( they ) only if we wanna make more stress to the word so we use pronouns even the verb includes the pronouns ..
when every I say whatever it is , its wrong .... :( --- it cant hear me well :D
Baba, "eat!" is the only correct option! Turkish Duolingo has not been designed by Chinese!!!
Come on people if it would be like all you say it would be very messy about learning present simple tense in Turkish .. from turkish to english course the right answer is just 'ye'
Ye also includes you inside .. Ye ( i am talking to you ) Yeyin/ Yiyin ( for you but plural ) Yesin ( for he she it ) Yesinler ( for they ) We dont use imperatives for the pronouns of ' I and We '
So as conclusion there is nothing wrong in the question and the answer , just 'sen' is not necessary in general imperatives topic .. but not wrong . Also this is a listening exercise .