Word
Neyse, film falan konuştuk.
Meaning
Anyway, we talked about films and stuff.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Neyse, film falan konuştuk.
film
the film
konuşmak
to talk
neyse
anyway; never mind
falan
and so on; or something
Questions & Answers about Neyse, film falan konuştuk.
What does neyse mean at the beginning of the sentence?
Here neyse works like a discourse marker such as anyway, well, so, or in any case. It often helps the speaker move on, wrap something up, or shift the topic. In this sentence, it does not describe the films; it sets the tone of the whole statement.
What does falan mean in film falan?
Falan means something like and stuff, and so on, or whatever, or that kind of thing. So film falan konuştuk means we talked about films and stuff or we talked about movies and things like that. It makes the sentence casual and a bit vague.
Why is it film and not filmler?
Turkish often uses a singular noun to talk about something in a general or category-like way. So film falan can mean movies / film-related stuff in general. You could also hear filmler falan, but film falan is very natural in everyday speech.
Why is there no word for about, like hakkında?