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by tsegratis
1932 days ago
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An interesting concept from Turkish is each word can directly give you all (or single) objects that do or can respond to that action yap -- make
yapan -- the one who makes
yapanlar -- all those who make
yapılan -- then one being made
yapılanlar -- all those being made
This would be like functions having a standard way to return lists of all objects they're related toOr direct solving of some complex queries like 'Who can open this door?' In Turkish that would be open_this_door_an, where '_an' is the standard way to get a list of all objects capable of doing it |
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I don't think we have quite the same concept you are describing, in English as such but I think we might come close. You can generally take a verb and turn it into a closely related adjective, gerund and gerundive. Anyway, if there isn't a word available in English, we simply steal (sorry, borrow) someone else's - simples! I bet I routinely use a few Turkish words without even realising it. English is a proud mongrel - it was an amalgam from day 1.
(edit: I've forgotten how to do a list hereabouts - sorry, Ooh two spaces)