what part of [x] don't you understand?

Turkish translation: [x] in nesini anlamadın

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English term or phrase:what part of [x] don\'t you understand?
Turkish translation:[x] in nesini anlamadın
Entered by: Hellinas

18:06 Jan 22, 2014
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Idiom
English term or phrase: what part of [x] don't you understand?
Examples of this are:-
What part of 'nothing' don't you understand?
What part of 'mad' don't you understand?
What part of 'stupid' don't you understand?!'
It means 'I have explained everything to you simply! What part of my explanation don't you understand. It is currently a very common idiom. It is a sarcastic & can be paraphrased to mean 'have you still not understood. Would you like me to draw a picture of what I mean?!'
How would you translate this into Turkish, even though it might be a completely different idiom in that language?
Hellinas
Local time: 15:52
[x] in nesini anlamadın
Explanation:
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Zeki Güler
Local time: 15:52
Grading comment
This answer seems to have attracted a lot of peer agreement. However, the other suggestions are clearly worth memorising. As usual, I liked Atil's contribution. It is somewhat more lengthy than the other suggestions but worth memorising nonetheless. I appreciate that his answer 'tries to probe into [x] by an open-ended question'. Thanks to all.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5[x] in nesini anlamadın
Zeki Güler
4[x] i daha nasıl anlatayım?
altugk
3[x] in hangi bölümünü anlamadın?
ATIL KAYHAN


  

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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
[x] in nesini anlamadın


Explanation:
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Zeki Güler
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
This answer seems to have attracted a lot of peer agreement. However, the other suggestions are clearly worth memorising. As usual, I liked Atil's contribution. It is somewhat more lengthy than the other suggestions but worth memorising nonetheless. I appreciate that his answer 'tries to probe into [x] by an open-ended question'. Thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fikret Yesilyurt
45 mins
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agree  Gülnur Seyhanoğlu
50 mins
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agree  Damla Akbay
1 hr
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agree  altugk
2 hrs
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agree  Recep Kurt
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[x] i daha nasıl anlatayım?


Explanation:
an alternative :)

altugk
Türkiye
Local time: 18:52
Native speaker of: Turkish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
[x] in hangi bölümünü anlamadın?


Explanation:
The expression also tries to probe into [x] by an open ended question.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 18:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 20
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