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Note
When someone is being ambiguous/cryptic and you want to confront them and clarify the subject.
Breakdown of Ne demek istiyorsun yani?
istemek
to want
demek
to say
ne
what
yani
I mean, in other words
This is not completely informal, but it's best to avoid using when conversing with elderly, or people of higher social status'.
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