Topic: Turkish

"Senin bunu dinlemen lazım."

Translation:You need to listen to this.

3 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/Zmarinaren
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Didn't dinlemek mean "to rest" in a previous sentence? Or am I confusing something?

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Ektoraskan
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Almost: dinlenmek = to rest

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Zmarinaren
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ah right, thanks!

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/aliNka
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How will the translation change if the sentence is "I NEED YOU to listen to this"?

Is there a way to say this without using the verb "istemek"?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Ektoraskan
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Senin bunu dinlemene ihtiyacım var.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/aliNka
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WOW! OK :) Thank you!

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/EhabMohey92
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why is the "e" for ?

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Ektoraskan
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İhtiyaç requires dative.

I need X = X'e ihtiyacım var.

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/EhabMohey92
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anladim, tesekkurler :)

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/zizey
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Um, why is "You need to listen this." is a wrong translation?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/airelibre
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You always listen to something in English.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Sam_Sarsik
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Why ( you should listen to this ) is not right answer ?

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/orde90
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lazım means necessary so it indicates a necessity rather than an advice.

Bunu dinlemelisin = You should/must listen to this.

Bunu dinlesen/dinlersen iyi olur. = You had better listen to this.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ToddKedes
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What's the difference between dinlesen and dinlersen

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Sam_Sarsik
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anladim tesekkurler

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/07elin
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why is this senin and not sen

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Selcen_Ozturk
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gerunds require possessive. "Senin dinlemen"

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/ToddKedes
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In oroper English too. "Your listening is needed. "

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/CurtisDufour
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I've never heard anyone say "you've to listen to this"

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/airelibre
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I've heard it in English from Yorkshire.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AlexinNotTurkey
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This is an issue with Duolingo. It automatically makes contractions with "have," and there is unfortunately little we can do about it :/

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AmirMirlat
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Why not "Sen bunu... "? Senin vs Sen

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/AlexinNotTurkey
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This is a genitive construction. "senin....dinlenmen." It would be like saying "Your listening to this..."

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/EhabMohey92
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can we just omit "senin" ?

1 year ago
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