Turkish idioms and everyday speech | Easy Turkish 5

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*: ‘Baba (Pops)’ is not meant to address a senior in this context; it is one of the many slangs Turkish youth use to address each other.
*: 'Hacı ( Hadji)is normally used to address Muslims who have completed their Hajj pilgrimage, but like ‘ Baba (Pops)’, sometimes this word is also used as a slang by the Turkish youth to address each other.
*: ‘Hayırlı olsun (May it be fortunate)’ is a phrase in Turkish often used to congratulate someone. When something good has happened to someone, we use this phrase to wish everything goes well for them.
*: ‘Kolay gelsin (May it be easy) is a phrase in Turkish often used to wish someone’s work gets more easy for them.
*: Abi (Big brother) or Abla (Big sister) is a common way to address unrelated seniors in Turkish.
*: ‘Damlaya damlaya göl olur’ word for word: ‘Dripping drops make a lake.’ Actual meaning: This proverb means a small amount of something (such as money) can accumulate to a great amount if we are patient. Sometimes, it also means that we can achieve great things with small steps.
*: ‘Dam üstünde saksağan, vur beline kazmayı.’ word for word: ‘Magpie on the roof, tie the pickaxe on your waist’. Actual meaning: This proverb is used in Turkish as a response to something unrelated to the topic or something that doesn’t make sense.
*: 'Ayağını yorganına göre uzat.' word for word: ‘Stretch your feet according to your quilt’. Actual meaning: This proverb means one should consider his/her finances when making spendings.
*: 'Sakla samanı, gelir zamanı.' word for word: 'Hide the hay, time may come for it'. Actual meaning: It has the same meaning as 'Keep a thing for seven years and you'll always find a use for it.'
*: 'Bal dök yala.' word for word: 'Pour honey on it and lick it'. Actual meaning: We say this to point out something that is very clean and tidy.
*: 'Keser döner sap döner, gün gelir hesap döner.': word for word: 'Hatchet turns, handle turns, one day the score turns'. Actual meaning: This proverb means things can always take an unexpected turn, and our affairs might not always go as we planned.
*: 'Çam devirmek': word for word: 'Toppling the pine tree': Actual meaning: We say ‘he/she toppled the pine tree’ when someone commits a faux pas (an embarrassing blunder) during conversations.
*: 'Saman altından su yürütmek' word for word: 'Running water under the hay' Actual meaning: We say someone ‘runs water under the hay’ when he/she does something without anyone noticing, usually with the intent of making trouble.

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Host of the video: Emin Doğan
Camera: Ahmet Can Demir
Edit: Emine Doğan
Translation: Onurhan Aksoy

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