| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I wonder if, I wonder whether | acaba You can put acaba anywhere in the sentence. But the safest position would be either the end or the beginning of the sentence. |
| [Lit.] I wonder if I will be able to pass the test? | Acaba sınavı geçebilecek miyim? |
| I wonder where the toilets are? | Tuvaletler nerede acaba? |
| suicide | intihar |
| to commit suicide | intihar etmek |
| Bring me my money otherwise I'll commit suicide! | Bana paramı getirin yoksa intihar ederim! |
| fortunately, i'm glad that, thank goodness that | iyi ki |
| I'm glad that I don't smoke. | İyi ki sigara içmiyorum. |
| to hope, to trust | ummak |
| I hope, hopefully | umarım |
| to like, to enjoy | beğenmek |
| I hope you too enjoyed the movie. | Umarım siz de filmi beğenmişsinizdir. The -dir ending in beğenmişsinizdir indicates the speaker's presumption or expectation that the listener has enjoyed the film. |
| I mean, in other words | yani This is not completely informal, but it's best to avoid using when conversing with elderly, or people of higher social status'. |
| I mean I want to come, but maybe I won't. I don't know. | Yani gelmek istiyorum ama belki gelmem, bilmiyorum. |
| What do you mean? [Lit.] What do you want to say in other words? | Ne demek istiyorsun yani? When someone is being ambiguous/cryptic and you want to confront them and clarify the subject. |
| hopefully, I hope | inşallah Arabic equivalent of 'umarım' (I hope, hopefully). |
| accident, mishap | kaza |
| accident-free, without mishap | kazasız |
| trouble, nuisance, calamity | bela |
| without trouble, without nuisance | belasız |
| safe and sound | kazasız belasız |
| [Lit.] Hopefully you go without accidents without trouble. | İnşallah kazasız belasız gidersiniz. |
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