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Sentence #1269078

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Inego Inego June 5, 2016 June 5, 2016 at 5:15:42 AM UTC link Permalink

Does this question mean "how do people in general make a box" or "how do you, the listener of this question, make a box"?

Gulo_Luscus Gulo_Luscus June 5, 2016 June 5, 2016 at 8:12:55 AM UTC link Permalink

"how do people in general make a box" is actually ''Bir kutuyu nasıl yaparlar?'' which also means ''How do they make a box?

This structure can be also used for the third person:

A and B are talking behind C's back:

A: İnanamıyorum. Böyle bir hatayı nasıl yaparsın?
B: Aynen.

And the translations of the sentences above are:

A: I cannot believe this. How do you make such a mistake? / How have you made such a mistake?
B: I agree.

A is talking about C, but uses second-person singular.


Another way for asking a general question would be:

Bir kutu nasıl yapılır? = How to make a box? How is a box made (by people in general)?

Inego Inego June 5, 2016 June 5, 2016 at 9:23:25 AM UTC link Permalink

Thank you very much for your explanation!

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #38347How do you make a box?.

Bir kutuyu nasıl yaparsın?

added by duran, November 29, 2011

linked by duran, November 29, 2011

linked by Shishir, January 7, 2013

Bir kutuyu nasıl yaparsınız?

edited by duran, June 5, 2016

linked by duran, June 5, 2016