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Ah ! I get it ! It's like in French , Peu et Un peu ! And it works literally az ve biraz !
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Can az and biraz be exchanged while keeping the same meaning?
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az usually have a more negative meaning than biraz.
Az şeker var. - There is little sugar.
Biraz şeker var. - There is some sugar.
however with adjectives we USUALLY use biraz.
Doktor az yakışıklı. - this is really NOT a common/right way of saying. but it means like the doctor is almost ugly.
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Thank you for your help! That makes much more sense! To doublecheck that I'm understanding this: use az for negative, and use biraz for positive and adjectives.
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Adding on to the deactivated user's comments, this phrase, as it has been translated into English is a bit awkward. Native English speakers are far more likely to write and say "somewhat handsome" rather than "a little bit handsome" and if Tatoeba is any indicator, "somewhat" is an acceptable translation for "biraz." I also typed it in as an answer and duolingo accepted it as a correct translation.
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....and that's why I don't use the mobile app, no comments section! Here's a lingot ;-)
They all mean more or less the same thing :)
but I didn't write "a little bit" I wrote "a bit " , it gave fault . I was very sad :(
