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Sentence #1492480

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Eldad Eldad March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 12:55:10 PM UTC link Permalink

can it be both
yaptı
and
yaptılar
?

duran duran March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 2:30:44 PM UTC link Permalink

Here, there is a definite subject: "They" So we needn't use -lar at the end.
Yaptım
Yaptın
yaptı
yaptı
yaptı
yaptık
yaptınız
yaptılar. If we used both "onlar" and "-lar", we would show the person twice. In speaking English we can use both of them.
We can say both of them. Another example:
My parents bought me a bike:
"Ebeveynlerim bana bir bisiklet aldı" or "ebeveynlerim bana bisiklet aldılar. You know the group names such as "family, team". They can be accepted as singular or plural.Take care.

Eldad Eldad March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 2:56:15 PM UTC link Permalink

Excellent, thanks, duran.
So, it's because of "Onlar" that we don't use here "yaptılar". With another subject, we could use the plural ending "lar" with the verb (in the past tense, in this case).

duran duran March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:13:36 PM UTC link Permalink

Just as you understood. It's like using double negative in a sentence:
I've got nothing to do =
I haven't got anything to do.But if we say: I haven't got nothing to do, it is not correct but can be said.
"I am ill" can be translated in two ways: Ben hastayım or Hastayım. Here "m" indicates the person anyway.Normally we needn't use "ben" Take care.

Eldad Eldad March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:16:55 PM UTC link Permalink

Teşekkürler, anladım :)

duran duran March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:27:50 PM UTC link Permalink

אתה כל כך חכם.

Eldad Eldad March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:33:18 PM UTC link Permalink

תודה רבה, דוראן!

duran duran March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:42:20 PM UTC link Permalink

אתם מוזמנים, אל.

Eldad Eldad March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:44:11 PM UTC link Permalink

:)

duran duran March 18, 2012 March 18, 2012 at 3:45:00 PM UTC link Permalink

:D

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #306723They made me captain..

Onlar beni kaptan yaptı.

added by duran, March 18, 2012

linked by duran, March 18, 2012

Onlar beni yüzbaşı yaptı.

edited by duran, March 18, 2012