"He is neither here nor there."
Translation:O ne burada ne de orada.
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"ne ... ne (de) ..." = "neither ... nor ...".
Compare the similar patterns "hem ... hem (de) ..." = "both ... and ..." and "ya ... ya (da) ..." = "either ... or ...".
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Could someone please explain why it is buraDA and oraDA? I still don't really get it. In which situation are you just using the root? And when do you use only bu?
If you can replace "here/there" by "this place / that place," use "bura/ora".
If you can replace "here/there" by "IN this place / IN that place," use "burada/orada".
Let's try:
--> He's neither this place nor that place.
--> He's neither IN this place nor IN that place.
Only the second one makes sense. So, it's gonna be "burada/orada".
Bu just means "this". Like: Bu ev = This house.
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And "bu" is "this" as both a demonstrative pronoun ("Bu kırmızı", this is red) and as a demonstrative adjective ("Bu ev kırmızı", this house is red).
Some languages differentiate between the two, but Turkish and English both allow both uses of the same word here.
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If you press on the underlined neither to get a hint it translates to ne ... ne de. But the answer is da ... da değil . Why?
That is one of many variants that this sentence can have. The best answer is "O ne burada ne de orada," which does indeed include ne...ne de
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Is this sentence very literal or can it also mean (changing he to it) that something is unimportant, insignificant?
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i thought "ne" meant what....it also means a negation of either / or? is it like japanese "ne" "isn't it?"
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It's more like negation of both this and that. "O ne burada ne de orada" = He is not here, and he is also not there = He is neither here nor there.
The Japanese "ne" means "isn't it?" but is more seeking /expecting agreement from the listener. (I'm Canadian, so it's equivalent to tacking "eh?" on the end of a sentence.) The closest Turkish would be "değil mi?" I believe. :-)
