Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 27, 2014 09:21
10 yrs ago
Turkish term
Aptıma (?)
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wholly obscure word
In my Turkish language course is the sentence:- büyükbabanın büyükannesi senin büyük büyük büyükannendir. The person reading the Turkish, however, says clearly enough:- büyükbabanın büyükannesi senin büyük büyükbabannendir aptıma. I have no idea what the last word means & what it is supposed to mean. Can any of the Turkish specialists throw any light on it? I have listened to it repeatedly but can make no sense. Thanks!
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(English)
| 5 | Attım haa... |
Mehmet Ali Bahıt
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Mehmet Ali Bahıt
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Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, French to Turkish, Turkish to English, and 3 more.
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Turkish term (edited):
Aptıma
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Attım haa...
Mystery solved :)
I just went into Busuu and listened to the sentence. The voiceover lady makes a mistake and says "büyük babaannendir" instead of "büyük büyükannendir" as she should. She then notices the mistake she just made and says "attım haa". Looks like they forgot to edit that out, or rather, remove and re-record.
"Atmak" is slang for "making things up".
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Note added at 12 hrs (2014-03-27 21:25:38 GMT)
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A loose translation would be "I'm just talking bullshit here" but the Turkish sentence is not as rude.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2014-03-27 21:30:47 GMT)
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Of course, the sentiment she expresses is more along the lines of "what did I just say..."
I just went into Busuu and listened to the sentence. The voiceover lady makes a mistake and says "büyük babaannendir" instead of "büyük büyükannendir" as she should. She then notices the mistake she just made and says "attım haa". Looks like they forgot to edit that out, or rather, remove and re-record.
"Atmak" is slang for "making things up".
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Note added at 12 hrs (2014-03-27 21:25:38 GMT)
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A loose translation would be "I'm just talking bullshit here" but the Turkish sentence is not as rude.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2014-03-27 21:30:47 GMT)
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Of course, the sentiment she expresses is more along the lines of "what did I just say..."
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Comment: "This is the only but the perfect answer. Thanks to Alvim & Tim also for their comments. I don't know how Mehmet got onto busuu; I had to pay. I would say in a similar context:- 'I've cocked it up,' with haa not translated, unless I translated it as 'huh'. Thanks so much for all your efforts, Mehmet!"
Discussion
Anyway, I wonder if there's any way of uploading the audio so that a native speaker could listen to it, or if you give the name of the Turkish course, maybe someone out there will have access to the transcript.