Learn Turkish: Orijinal bir tablo almak istedim ama bana taklit sattılar. - I wanted to buy an original painting, but they sold me an imitation.

Orijinal bir tablo almak istedim ama bana taklit sattılar.

I wanted to buy an original painting, but they sold me an imitation.

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Questions & Answers about Orijinal bir tablo almak istedim ama bana taklit sattılar.

Since this lesson is about the similarity suffixes -mtIrak and -msI, how could we use one of those to say the painting was 'original-ish'?

You can add the suffix -msi to the adjective orijinal to create orijinalimsi (original-ish / somewhat original). You could alter the second half of the sentence to say: ...ama bana orijinalimsi bir şey sattılar (but they sold me an original-ish thing).

Why is the word order Orijinal bir tablo instead of Bir orijinal tablo?

In Turkish, descriptive adjectives naturally come before the indefinite article bir. The standard pattern is [Adjective] + bir + [Noun]. If you say Bir orijinal tablo, it places heavy emphasis on the number 'one'—meaning you wanted exactly one original painting, rather than just 'an' original painting.

Is taklit a noun or an adjective here? Could I use sahte instead?

Taklit is technically a noun meaning 'imitation' or 'mimicry', which is how it's used here ('they sold me an imitation'). However, it's also widely used as an adjective for knock-offs (e.g., taklit çanta - fake bag). You could absolutely use sahte (fake) instead, but you would likely structure it as an adjective: ama bana sahte bir tablo sattılar (but they sold me a fake painting).

Why does the sentence use bana (to me) instead of the accusative (me)?