kislayiverir

English translation: winter is upon us

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Turkish term or phrase:kislayiverir
English translation:winter is upon us
Entered by: Alvin Parmar

14:48 Dec 2, 2012
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / difficult phrase
Turkish term or phrase: kislayiverir
bir bakarsin [at one moment?!! sometimes?] kislayiverir - from a novel by Furuzan. What does the -VER-ir bit mean? Is it from vermek, somehow built into the word?
Hellinas
Local time: 22:47
(and the next thing you know,) winter is upon us
Explanation:
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Alvin Parmar
United Kingdom
Grading comment
Brilliant help as ever! I chose Alvin's for the good literary style and thank Tim for his comment 'you just look once and winter.....'.But my gratitude to all for their help and illuminating comments.
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Summary of answers provided
5İt will turn into winter
Aziz Kural
3 +2winter just/suddenly comes
Tim Drayton
4 +1(and the next thing you know,) winter is upon us
Alvin Parmar
3one moment and winter is here
breadfly


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
İt will turn into winter


Explanation:
All of a sudden it wiil turn into winter.

Aziz Kural
Türkiye
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
winter just/suddenly comes


Explanation:
I am assuming that this is "kışlayıverir".
The sentence means something like "You just look up and it's winter", i.e. it happens all of a sudden.

Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 75

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasin Koç: Yes this is a good translation.
3 mins
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agree  Raffi Jamgocyan
24 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
one moment and winter is here


Explanation:
one moment and winter is here

breadfly
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(and the next thing you know,) winter is upon us


Explanation:
An alternative you might like to consider...

Alvin Parmar
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Brilliant help as ever! I chose Alvin's for the good literary style and thank Tim for his comment 'you just look once and winter.....'.But my gratitude to all for their help and illuminating comments.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tim Drayton: Good literary style
21 mins
  -> Thank you.
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