"Boy"
Translation:Erkek çocuk
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Is oğlan exchangeable with erkek çocuk or is there some distinction? Also, what does the ğ sound like?
They are the same for all intents and purposes. The "ğ" makes the vowel preceding it long, but it has no sounds itself. :)
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Another question: I just wrote oğlanı as a translation for boy and got it marked as wrong. It shows up as an option when I hover over the word boy, so I am now confused. If boy cannot be oğlanı, then why is it showing up as an option?
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oğlanı is "the boy", when it is the object of the sentence (the part being acted upon). It is displayed as a hint because in another sentence it will be correct, but not necessarily in this one. (It's not correct here because it asks for boy, not the boy.) This is a limitation of Duolingo, not the course creators' fault.
So O, oğlanı görüyor is "he sees the boy", but "the/a boy sees him" would be Oğlan onu görüyor.
Which is the word we use for a boy? i see different options. Could you precise the ages?
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Erkek means man and çocuk means child, so together they are boy.
In English we say "...could you be precise with...".
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What is the difference between erkek and adam? Are they used interchangeably, or do they apply in different circumstances?
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Adam means man too but is a bit less gender specific than erkek. Somewhat similar to the use of man in English as in 'mankind'
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When I clicked the word, both çocuk and erkek çocuk appeared as meaning. I chose çocuk as a translation but was marked wrong :/ can someone explain the difference? Thank you
Oğlan is a boy, which they could've used instead of erkek çoçuk, meanwhile çoçuk means kid
Erkek means man and cocuk means kid so you need to combine them together to get boy
I just wrote 'çocuk’ and it displayed it as a wrong answer but isn't an option given by duolingo
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Boy is translated as erkek evlat. What the hell means evlat? Never seen this word before
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It shows Erkek çocuk as the right answer, but the options shows Çocuk, or erkek çocuğu. İ mean... The option shown as the right writing, is not the same as the pointed as right by Duolingo.
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What does "oğlum" mean by the way? I heard in German rap songs, It' s a form of "oğlan" isn't it?
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If oğlan is "boy" rather than "son", shouldn't his "oğlum" mean my "boy" rather than my son ?
Erkek=man now you need cocuk that means kid, so when you combine them together they make boy, erkek cocuk
Is there a single turkish word for means "boy" other than "Erkek cocuk"? Moreover, if "boy" can mean "Erkek cocuk" in turkish language, does it follow to say that "girl" translates to "Kadin cocuk" ? Please, kindly forgive my misspellings.
There is correct choice to choose it The all worlds are incorrect and the meaning of boy which oğlan not exist at all
That is French, wrong language :D
"garson" is a waiter in Turkish.
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U said he knows dozens of languages, he does indeed. And btw probably he IS Turkish...
Garçon is pronouned the same as garson and means both waiter and boy in French, though it is considered bad form to use the word ,"garçon" to signal a waiter.
