Saturday, July 23, 2016

363: Trying on a dress


Subtitles:

Şey, Ayşegül yukarıda kıyafet deniyor.
= Um, Ayşegül is upstairs trying on a dress.   

Vocabulary:

şey [lit.= thing]
The way “şey” is used here is very common in Turkish. It is a filler word used between sentences or as a gradual start to a conversation, a means to introducing a topic etc., equivalent to “um; er” in English.

yukarıda [= upstairs]

kıyafet deniyor [= she is trying on a dress]
present continuous from kıyafet denemek [= to try on clothes]

Tip:
kıyafet denemek” is composed of the noun [kıyafet= clothes; dress; attire] + [denemek= to try; to try on]
  
Extra Phrases:

Are you up there?
= Yukarıda mısın?

Tom is waiting upstairs.
= Tom yukarıda bekliyor.

I like your outfit.
= Kıyafetini seviyorum.
Video is from the Turkish Series "İlişki Durumu: Karışık"
English Title: "Relationship Status: It's Complicated"

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