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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'.
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Yes, you can say "You eat!" as a command in English, for emphasis, although in my dialect it's somewhat rude.
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More like "YOU! Eat!" Yes, that is terribly rude.
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When someone tells you to eat, then as a reply you can indeed say "(no,) you eat!", imho.
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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'.
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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"
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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
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Yeah didnt work for me either. Is this something to report or are we just wrong?
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!")
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."
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Can you say the imperative using both “sen ye” and “ye” ? so sen yerim is you eat, and sen ye would be eat !
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If you want the meaning is eat then tell me in Turkish " ye " not " sen ye "
وقتی می گوییم Sen ye! یعنی خوردی! نه تو خوردی! انگلیسی من از ترکیم خیلی قوی تر نیست ، این کار رو سخت تر می کنه
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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
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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.
Totally confusing. It did not take my answer of "you eat", even though that's what "sen ye" means!
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In the imperative in English we usually omit "you" "Eat!" is correct. but you could say "You, eat!" if responding back to someone.
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But "you eat" would be "sen yersin;" without the personal ending it's translated in the imperative.
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.
"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.
they've asked Sen ye! its literal meaning would be You eat! obviously.. yemek truly means EAT!
