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- "Sakin ol!"
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Or when you are signing this pretty famous song in Turkey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q66KuJfPT_Y
Or the original version, which I much prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR1xhlWA5cE
When did we learn either of these words up to this point? Also, there was no way for me to hover over the words to see the translation or any indication they were new words
That's odd. Are you using the website or the app on a phone or tablet (even in that case it's possible to tap the word to see the translation). Or, (hardly possible, I think), are you taking the "Test Out" option instead of doing the lesson, inadvertently or otherwise? Any other relevant information?
Can somebody please be so kind and explain to me why all of the sudden there is a word for "to be" here (ol=to be?)?
This is not a nominal sentence but an imperative sentence.
You are calm:Sakinsin. Be calm(Calm down):Sakin ol.
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The use of "ol", which is the stem of the verb "olmak" (to become) is described in the notes on the front page of the skill To be - but only in the web version. "Ol" is used as the informal imperative, or command form, of the Turkish non-verb(?) "To be". Similarly, "Olun" is used as the formal version. (Presumably for singular and plural - though I'm not certain of that. And I don't know how you say "Let's be good", i.e. "Let us be good".)
"This same suffix [olun] gets added to all verbs to make formal commands."
because here you are commanding someone to calm down you are not saying that he is calm
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But just for the record, words borrowed from Arabic do frequently exhibit chanegs to adapt to the vowel harmony rules as well.
Stay calm would translate as 'sakin kal' and you would say it to someone who is already calm and you want them keep being calm. 'Sakin ol' on the other hand would be used with an angry person to ask them to be calm.
When I hear this two words I just think of that funny Turkish song!! Its just fun to watch
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I'd never heard sakin and I heard the a for longer than I would've imagined, so I thought it was sağakin... I was so proud of my untrained ears, until I got it wrong...
