Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
Hiçbir fırsatı kaçırmıyorsunuz di mi [çapkınlar]
English translation:
You playboys can\'t pass up an opportunity, can you?
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Hellinas
Jan 21, 2014 16:03
10 yrs ago
Turkish term
Hiçbir fırsatı kaçırmıyorsunuz di mi [çapkınlar]
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Meaning of Turkish particle 'di'
Do you [Romeos] miss no opportunity di (?)? What does 'di' mean here? Haydı? Şimdi?
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Alp Berker
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You playboys can't pass up an opportunity, can you?
this might hit the meaning a little better
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-01-22 19:09:27 GMT)
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di mi is slang for değil mi? as stated above
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-01-22 19:09:27 GMT)
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di mi is slang for değil mi? as stated above
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Tim Drayton
: Isn't a playboy somebody (usually wealthy) whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure in general, not just women? As such, its meaning is more general than 'çapkın'.
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Tim, True I suppose a better word could be substituted. This was an attempt on my part. Though I think my sentence overall captures the truer meaning than yours.
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Comment: "Thanks to all for theır answers. I should have remembered that di mi means değil mi? I lıke Tim's 'lechers'. However, this translation is spot on: it is is idiomatic and captures the flavour of the original."
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
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You don't miss any chance, do you [lechers]?
'Romeo' is a rather kind translation of 'çapkın', which is more derogatory than this.
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Gulsen Farrington
: or "You would not miss any chance, would you? "
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Thanks
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worklikeabee
: I would add "dude"
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Thanks
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Paula Darwish
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do you
'di mi' is actually an abbreviation for 'değil mi' which is in this context a rhetorical question. So you might translate this sentence as ' you don't miss any opportunity lechers/womanisers, do you?'
Example sentence:
bugün hava çok sıcak değil mi/ di mi?
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Salih YILDIRIM
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Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
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Yo do not miss any oppotunity, do you? (womanizers)
Di mi is used as a local, intimate dialect exercised in some Turkish provinces.
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Kim Metzger
: Spelling: you, opportunity.
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Yes, the trivials are what you realy mind!
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