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Sentence #5013538

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 tikan0 tikan0 March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 at 12:06:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Please consider translating the English sentence as "Tom banjo çalmasını biliyor". "Can" is a tricky word here.

BTW, TDK thinks that it's "banjo", not "banço":
http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php...s&kelime=banjo

tikan0 tikan0 March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 at 1:41:36 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Duran,
with musical instruments, "can play" means "knows how to play". Are you sure "çalabilir" is the right translation for this meaning?

duran duran March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 at 1:49:48 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yes, I am. As you said, "çalabilir" means "çalmayı bilir"

tikan0 tikan0 March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 at 1:55:37 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Okay. Thanks for clarifying. I was suspicious because, for example, Ukrainian translations for "I can play banjo." and "I can jump." are very different.

tikan0 tikan0 March 27, 2016 March 27, 2016 at 2:00:06 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Also one of my Turkish textbooks makes a difference between "-abilir" and "-masını bilir", which seemed relevant to this sentence.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #5013013Tom can play the banjo..

Tom banço çalabilir.

added by duran, March 27, 2016
➜ #5013013Tom can play the banjo.

linked by duran, March 27, 2016
Tom banjo çalabilir.

edited by duran, March 27, 2016