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"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. :)
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?
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.
Erkek means male and çucuk is child and oğlan is boy and erkek evlat is the son But is complicated not all words are matched together
Well,can you say woman child(kadın çocuk)? Erkek çocuk means boy child(a boy that is a child) for a femal you can say kız çocuk.
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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
çocuk just means child. No gender specified. You could say erkek çocuk, which would mean male child. Erkek çocuk and oğlan mean the same thing
Which is the word we use for a boy? i see different options. Could you precise the ages?
Erkek means man and çocuk means child, so together they are boy.
In English we say "...could you be precise with...".
What is the difference between erkek and adam? Are they used interchangeably, or do they apply in different circumstances?
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'
Boy is translated as erkek evlat. What the hell means evlat? Never seen this word before
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This was not taught in the lesson, it shouldn’t be thrown in when you test out at the end! Not fair!!
Oğlan is a boy, which they could've used instead of erkek çoçuk, meanwhile çoçuk means kid
I just wrote 'çocuk’ and it displayed it as a wrong answer but isn't an option given by duolingo
Wait, why is "erkek evlat" right? Is there a third way to say boy in turkish?
I don't understand why boy is written this way. I have never seen!!!
What does "oğlum" mean by the way? I heard in German rap songs, It' s a form of "oğlan" isn't it?
If oğlan is "boy" rather than "son", shouldn't his "oğlum" mean my "boy" rather than my son ?
Erkek means man and cocuk means kid so you need to combine them together to get boy
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.
There is correct choice to choose it The all worlds are incorrect and the meaning of boy which oğlan not exist at all
None of the examples were in the definition. On top of that, it says erkek çocuk is the answer but the hint also said erkek çocuğu so I'm not sure which is correct.
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What do oğlan and Erkek çocuğu mean? If oğlan means boy, why is it not accepted by duolingo? If we need to use Erkek çocuk, why is erkek çocuğu one of the three dictionary drop downs? I am confused, so sorry if it is a stupid question.
If çocuk is wrong for boy, why does it show as a translation for boy when you tap on the word Boy?
When you click on boy its wroten cocuk but when I write cocuk for the meaning it was wrong
I wrote down erkek çocuk as suggested, and it was flagged as incorrect
I opened the hint and i found that "çoçok" is also correct why you consider it wrong?
I am Turkish I tell people oncelikle presentations daily life in Turkey, "the boy" not male child der Duolingo lessons that you taught in the language of daily life on the son of a man who is not also true of cicug
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.
That is French, wrong language :D
"garson" is a waiter in Turkish.
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.
