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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!")
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.
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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.
when every I say whatever it is , its wrong .... :( --- it cant hear me well :D
g.santxs, it would be "siz yeYin", We have to add the buffer "y" when the verb's stem is a wovel, to form the imperative mode, second person plural. The command suffix in Turkish for second person plural, follows the four way wovel harmony. "Ye!"> "YeYin!", "Oku!"> "OkuYun!, ....Have a look there, a video in English, very easy and clear, about imperative's mode in Turkish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhXo-hhrP5w. And here, one video for the four way wovel harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhXo-hhrP5w. My favorite ones.
Teşekkürler! I just haven't encountered many situations where I needed to use the imperative for a group of people, or in a formal situation, since I only speak Turkish with my best friend. So thank you for these resources!
Baba, "eat!" is the only correct option! Turkish Duolingo has not been designed by Chinese!!!
