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Hmm. Is it only me who hears "Ben ressam"? It doesn't matter how often I try or whether I listen to the whole sentence or just to the last word, I don't here the "-ım". .
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In turkish, is there any differentiation between painter (as in an artist) and a painter (as in a house painter)?
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Yes house painter is "Boyacı" which comes boya (paint) and artist one is "Ressam" as you know
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I have 2 questions. Isn't "ım" in "ressam" thr possessive suffix? And why isnt there an "bir"?
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Can this sentence use the definite article in English? I.e., can ben ressamım be 'I am the painter'?
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Can some one tell me if this is right: Ben ressamım: i am a painter Sen ressamsın: you are a painter O ressam: he/she is a painter Biz ressamlarız: we are painters Siz ressamlarsınız: you are painters Onlar ressamlar: they are painters
If you removed the plural suffix from all of them, you are right :) Inluding -lAr sounds a bitter awkward normally.
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Thank you so much for your reply. So even if i use biz or onlar i can still use ressam instead of ressamlar to mean painters. Because in both english and arabic we say we are painters, i an a painter or انا رسام نحن رسامين (ana rassam nahno rassamin). So biz ressamiz (i without a dot) means we are painters even if it is ressam.
Yep...Turkish doesn't require the plural like English and Arabic. It is easily understood.
Is "ben" even necessary if "ressamIm" already means" i am a painter? It seems redundant
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İa in turkish articles not written explicitly..just like here isnt it should be ben bir resammım
