"Memnun oldum. Hoşça kalın."

Translation: Nice to meet you. Bye.

[AriaHRD]

What is the difference between "güle güle" and "hoşça kal"?

[LiliumAgri]

Güle güle is said to someone leaving BY THE PERSON STAYING. It means "smilingly/laughingly/happily" and is short for "Güle güle gidin" -- so it's like saying "Go forth from here happily!"

Hoşça kal(ın) is maybe slightly more often said by the person who leaves (not a hard rule, though--can be said on the phone, or when two people part, or even by the person staying). It means "Stay nicely/well."

[AriaHRD]

Sağolun.

[LiliumAgri]

Memnuniyetle efendim, kolay gelsin.:)

[Sky7ure]

What about Kal and Kalın ?! ... ^_^

[Winonax]

"Hoşça kalın" is plural or polite way to say "Hoşça kal".

[youness603602]

Kal: for one person
Kalın: for many people

[Flutura668456]

Nice to meet you. Bye.
(So rude)

[Rahma399198]

Being and arabic speaker made this easier actually

[maryam.bdm]

What's the meaning of oldum?

[Winonax]

the literal translation of "memnun oldum" is ; I became pleased
oldum = became

[danniegirl66866]

What is the difference between Hoşça and hoş ?

[alibektas34]

Hoş = nice (adjective),
Hoşça = nicely, well (adverb).

[Lingueta]

I have hard time getting used to the way things are said in Turkish and how they break or connect the words. Hoşça kalın to me actually sounds like hoş çakalın.

[RingyRing]

"-ça" is always attached to adjectives to form adverbs. Turkic languages in general don't have prefixes, only suffixes and endings.

[alibektas34]

You're right but -ca is not always attached to adjectives. Sometimes it is attached to nouns as well.

• dostça selamlaşmak

• düşmanca bakışmak

• insanca yaşamak,

• kardeşçe kucaklaşmak

...

[fabiha200x]

what is the difference between hoşça kalin and hoşça kal ?

[Hassan.B.Aji]

From what I know, hoşça kalin is the formal and more polite way of saying good bye and hoşça kal is the informal.

[alibektas34]

That's correct. And you can't say "hoşça kal" to a group of people. It can only be used for a singular person. (sen, o)

[betsy944139]

Where is the meeting and seeing in this phrase that we're supposed to be so happy about? All we know is that we became happy (memnun oldum), not knowing why, and then we are leaving as we tell the other person to stay and be glad of it (hoşça kalin).

[Danika_Dakika]

"Memnun oldum" is a shortened version of the full sentence, but it has become lexicalized in Turkish. The part with the meeting and getting to know each other dropped off.

The original phrase was "Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum." --> lit. I became pleased that we are acquainted with each other.

[madhumad30]

Difference between hosca kal and hosca kalin

[alibektas34]

Hoşça kal is said to a single person.

Hoşça kalın is said to a group of people. (Or you can say it to a single person if you want to be more polite.)

[CrystyleSky]

What's the exact meaning of oldum

[alibektas34]

olmak means "to be / to become"

oldu is past tense (simple past or past perfect depending on the context)

oldum means "I've been / I've become"

Memnun means "Glad, content"

So, memnun oldum literally means "I've become content/glad."

In order to say "nice to meet you", one must say "tanıştığıma memnun oldum."

[r4tp1ss69]

would this sentence ( memnun oldum) be viable to say as you are leaving someone you just met or do you say it right when you meet them

[JawwadKhan14]

For Goodbye can we also use 'iyi hoşçakalın/ iyi hosca kal/ iyi güle güle?

[alibektas34]

No, this is not possible. Hoşça means "nicely, good". You dont need to add another "iyi".

[BILALMOHAM746450]

İ said nice to see you and its wrong how

[alibektas34]

Nice to see you → seni gördüğüme memnun oldum. / Görüştüğümüze memnun oldum.

Nice to meet you → seni tanıdığıma memnun oldum. / Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.

Memnun oldum. → I'm glad / I'm content.