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by gerdesj 1932 days ago

  * yap: make
  * yapan: maker
  * yapanlar: makers
  * yapılan: made (I think, "then one being made" doesn't make sense to me)
  * yapılanlar: OK you got me there!  It may be another job for "made" or goods or a synonym eg: objets d'art.  Yes, I did just use three languages as my own in one sentence.
I'm not a linguist. I've managed to fail French and German and yet pass Latin (whatever the heck that is!) at O level (old UK exam at age 16.)

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)

2 comments

Nice work, and nice list. I also failed in many languages :)

  yapıcı -- maker
  yapıcılar -- makers
  yapılcı -- something with the job of being made
Yes, that last one doesn't make sense, which shows you are right, they are different concepts

  yapmayan -- the one who doesn't make
  yapmayacı -- the one whose job is not to make
  yapabilan -- the one able to make
  yapmayabilan -- the one not able to make
Interesting to correspond those to programming concepts! A DOM query for objects. The task makes me think natural language is designed more for controlling scenes in a video game or theatre, than for programming -- since concepts like duration, force and timing are so prevalent

A Turkish word I'd like to see in English would be

  Kolay gelsin
Literally may it come easy to you, meaning both bless you, and I see your hardship

No matter where you say it, it makes people smile

"Makee" and "makees" aren't in the dictionary but native speakers would probably understand what you mean