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patlama

English translation: Be patient!

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Turkish term or phrase:patlama
English translation:Be patient!
Entered by: Hellinas

15:40 Sep 7, 2012
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Turkish dialect
Turkish term or phrase: patlama
Ne iş bulduğumu sorarsan söyleyeceğim patlama [=beklemek wait, hence ‘if you can’t wait], mezarlık bekçisi oldum. I think I've translated it correctly but where in patlama is 'the second person singular marker. Is it to be understood from sorarsan?
Hellinas
Local time: 18:03
Be patient!
Explanation:
Imho

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Note added at 7 days (2012-09-15 13:14:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, there is a better equjivelant in German "Eile mit Weile!"
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Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 13:03


Summary of answers provided
5Be patient!
Salih YILDIRIM
3 +1do not be impatient
ATIL KAYHAN
4calm down
sezinozkilic (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do not be impatient


Explanation:
do not be impatient

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Note added at 11 mins (2012-09-07 15:52:19 GMT)
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Or, the opposite is also valid:
"be patient"

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Note added at 14 mins (2012-09-07 15:54:54 GMT)
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"patlama" is informal Turkish.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tim Drayton: 'Hold your horses' might fit the style better.
10 mins
  -> Thank you.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
calm down


Explanation:
"patlama" means "be patient" therefore it can be adapted as "calm down" (more colloquial than "be patient")

sezinozkilic (X)
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Be patient!


Explanation:
Imho

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Note added at 7 days (2012-09-15 13:14:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, there is a better equjivelant in German "Eile mit Weile!"

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 13:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 88
Notes to answerer
Asker: I liked this answer because it it to me the most natural English idiom in this context. All the other suggestions are acceptable but this to me is the best. I knew -ma must be negative imperative but did not recognise the patla- part until it dawned on me that it is the same as bekleme. Thanks to all & to Tim for his knowledge of English idioms.

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