Translate That Turkic Word Game

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Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby samarqand » 2014-01-18, 4:40

I wasn't sure what to call this, but I came up with an idea to show how similar some of these Turkic languages are.

One person will write a word (noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, whatever) in a Turkic language. The next person will translate that same word into a different Turkic language. Then they will supply a new word for the next person, and so on.

EXAMPLE:
Person 1: [flag=]uz[/flag] olma (apple)

Person 2: [flag=]ug[/flag] alma

[flag=]ky[/flag] köz / көз (eye) <-- for next person to translate

Hope that makes sense!


I'll start:

[flag=]ky[/flag] jürök / жүрөк (heart)
.............Fluent in: Australian English (en-au)
.............Learning: Turkish (tr)
.......Knowledge of: German (de), Uzbek (uz), Hindi (hi)
.......Fascinated by: Arabic (ar), Persian (fa), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Turkic languages (Uyghur (ug),Kyrgyz (ky) etc)

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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2014-01-23, 8:25

[flag=]kk[/flag] jürek / жүрек

[flag=]az[/flag] yaxşı (good)
native: (tr)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby samarqand » 2014-01-23, 8:54

[flag=]uz[/flag] yaxshi

[flag=]ug[/flag] naqshisi (song)
.............Fluent in: Australian English (en-au)
.............Learning: Turkish (tr)
.......Knowledge of: German (de), Uzbek (uz), Hindi (hi)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby TheStrayCat » 2014-01-23, 9:22

[flag=]sah[/flag] ырыа / ırıa

[flag=]kk[/flag] пойыз / poyız (train)

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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2014-01-23, 10:21

[flag=]az[/flag] qatar

[flag=]cv[/flag] tinĕs / тинĕс (sea)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby amateur » 2014-01-24, 4:25

[flag=]tk[/flag] deňiz

[flag=]kk[/flag] бұлт / bult (cloud)

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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby samarqand » 2014-01-24, 6:09

[flag=]uz[/flag] bulut

[flag=]ky[/flag] örük / өрүк (plum)
.............Fluent in: Australian English (en-au)
.............Learning: Turkish (tr)
.......Knowledge of: German (de), Uzbek (uz), Hindi (hi)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2014-01-24, 8:31

[flag=]crh[/flag] erik

[flag=]gag[/flag] bilmää (to know)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby samarqand » 2014-01-26, 10:39

[flag=]uz[/flag] bil-

[flag=]ky[/flag] kara / Кара (black)
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.............Learning: Turkish (tr)
.......Knowledge of: German (de), Uzbek (uz), Hindi (hi)
.......Fascinated by: Arabic (ar), Persian (fa), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Turkic languages (Uyghur (ug),Kyrgyz (ky) etc)

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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2014-01-26, 11:13

[flag=]tk[/flag] gara

[flag=]az[/flag] hörümçək (spider)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby samarqand » 2014-01-26, 11:42

[flag=]uz[/flag] o'rgimchak

[flag=]ug[/flag] janim (my darling)
.............Fluent in: Australian English (en-au)
.............Learning: Turkish (tr)
.......Knowledge of: German (de), Uzbek (uz), Hindi (hi)
.......Fascinated by: Arabic (ar), Persian (fa), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Turkic languages (Uyghur (ug),Kyrgyz (ky) etc)

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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2015-06-24, 9:47

samarqand wrote:[flag=]uz[/flag] yaxshi

[flag=]ug[/flag] naqshisi ناخشا / naxsha (song)


(according to uighurdictionary.com)

samarqand wrote:[flag=]uz[/flag] o'rgimchak

[flag=]ug[/flag] janim (my darling)


[flag=]uz[/flag] jonim

[flag=]tyv[/flag] ном / nom (book)
native: (tr)
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intermediate: (fr) (ka)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby md0 » 2015-06-24, 9:52

I hope I understood the rules

[flag=]tr[/flag] kitap

[flag=]az[/flag] Cümə axşamı (Thursday)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2015-06-24, 10:52

[flag=]uz[/flag] payshanba

[flag=]tk[/flag] süňk (bone)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby Multiturquoise » 2020-06-03, 22:22

(az) sümük

(qxq) اوْدون (firewood)
native: (tr)
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Re: Translate That Turkic Word Game

Postby h34 » 2020-07-26, 15:43

(tt) утын
(kk) от (fire)


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