"Bu adamın daha çok gücü var."
Translation:This man has more power.
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Before nouns, it just has to be there. I wish there were a better answer than that :) You can only use "daha" by itself before adjectives.
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No, that's a great explanation. What about before adverbs? daha veya daha çok ?
Just "daha" :) Adverbs and adjectives behave almost identically in Turkish
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Daha on its own after the noun and daha çok before the noun. Is that correct?
"daha" is used before adjectives to mean "more" or "-er." "daha çok" is used before nouns to mean "more"
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actually daha does not mean more. çok =many , daha çok = more. It is only the -er suffix in English. One can use just daha, but depending on the context it can mean more, less or something else. imagine someone is turning down the volume, you can say daha and here it means less. if smone turning it up an you say daha , it means more. it just adds the comparative meaning.
Exactly....and the comparative adjective in English can be either "more X" or "Xer" :) (i.e. more intelligent/smarter)
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Daha does not only mean more. One can say "daha az" which means less. same with "daha güçlü" and daha zayıf", stronger, and weaker. Consider daha as -er suffix in english, like strong-er or weak-er.
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In some varieties of English, "has got" is acceptable, but it is never required.
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we are aware of that, and that's why "has got" is an accepted alternative (while only "has" is the suggested best answer) here. So I don't know what you are trying to say :)
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Oh, now I see. I answered "This man has a lot more power," which was corrected to "This man has got more power." I thought it was "has" that was being marked wrong, but it was "a lot." Sorry for the confusion and thank you for the help.
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Adamın is the genitive form of adam. So adamın gücü is (the) man's power. (Bu adamın gücü var ≈ This man's power exists)
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Would it be incorrect to say "bu adam daha çok gücü var"? How would you translate "I have more power?"
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'I have more power.' = 'Benim daha gücüm var.'
I am afraid you couldn't say 'bu adam daha çok gücü var.' This sentence needs a genitive / possessive construction.
Literally it would be:
Bu adamın / gücü / var.
This man's / his power / exists.
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No, it is not identical at all, it is another word.
A person can be a man or a woman, and in the U.S. it can even be a company... :-)
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Well, legally speaking, that is true in all common law countries. It descends from a medieval principal, so it may be true in civil law countries as well, but I am not as familiar with those legal systems. Can a corporation enter into a contract on the Continent? If so, it is a legal person.
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Yes, we make a distinction between natural persons (real people) and legal persons (corporations etc.).
I was referring to the fact that in the US apparently legal persons are given some rights that in sensible countries are only given to natural persons. :-)
Back to learning Turkish, now. :-)
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Ah, yes, we Americans can be rather extreme when it comes to speaking our minds, whether individually or in groups.
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Can we say "This human" instead of "This man" in translation of "Bu adam"?!!!!
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Is this actually "güç" that has turned into "gucu" because of the harmony stuff ? :)
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Well, it needs the final vowel because it is possessed by adamın. The vowel harmony means that final vowel is ü, and the consonant gradation (that's the term in Uralic, I don't know about Turkic) changes the ç to c.
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Got it . That's actually what I meant. Thanks for the clarification ,friend :)