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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 -- t

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 to Or 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

gerdesj 6y 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)
- hctaw 6y ago
  "Makee" and "makees" aren't in the dictionary but native speakers would probably understand what you mean
- tsegratis 6y ago
  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

gerdesj 6y 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)

hctaw 6y ago
"Makee" and "makees" aren't in the dictionary but native speakers would probably understand what you mean
tsegratis 6y ago
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