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- "Birinci kattayım."
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Seeing as British and American English don't agree on what a first floor is, is birinci kat in Turkish the one on ground level or the one above that?
the one above that.
Ground level = Zemin kat
You press Z when in the elevator to reach the ground floor.
Useful information, thank you! I'm Australian and we say the 'first floor' is the one above ground level too haha.
I'm Australian too and even in my own land, in my native language, this always confused me.
Yeah... Also in all Arab countries I've been to, we use "first floor" to describe the one above ground, which is an utterly stupid thing in my opinion, but yeah... whatever!
It is zemin katı Or maybe kattı... but it definitely has the suffix, either way
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey#Numbering (I'm surprised after reading it). The short answer is, it's a never-ending source of confusion because the pattern isn't completely predictable based on cultural and historic ties, geographic proximity, etc. Why does, e.g., Singapore use the American naming convention when they follow British convention for a lot of other things? (Sorry for continuing the off-topic discussion!)
Thanks! It's very useful information! Also thanks to @TheRealRial for asking the question!
Yup I am American and the first floor is the ground floor lol sometimes we get confusing buildings/elevators that say otherwise and we're like wtf
what if wanted to say i am the first one on the floor .. i can't get used to the order of the words in Turkish sentences , is there any hints, rules that can help ?
I wrote "i am on the first flour " it was marked roung and was corrected as "story" but here it is translated " four". I mean at the top .I reported the problem but that was not answerd i am sure for the secound time i write story and will get "flour".
