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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I looked it up earlier and don't remember the exact characters so forgive the romanization but it's basically changing "di" to "mis" at the end of verbs.

"It rained" vs "apparently it rained" when you did not actually see it raining but the sidewalk is wet.

"Ali is sick" vs "Ali is supposedly sick" when you did not confirm it (or perhaps doubt Ali's claim??)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    Thanks for making it clearer. Just to add actual turkish so people can see properly :

    Yağmur yağdı > It rained
    Yağmur yağmış > It's been said that it rained

    Ali hasta > Ali is sick
    Ali hastamış > It's been said that Ali is sick

    Yağmur > rain
    yağ > to spread/to rain
    dı > past indicator
    mış > second person reporting, past

    hasta > sick

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    wait, is that yag also the root for yogurt? sorry for the lack of diacritics

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