Walking out of the office to the exit after our lesson, my student U. asks me how to describe what we are doing. Ever ready, I start guessing the possibilities:
And so, the dictionary duel begins.
We face off each other. He pulls out his smartphone. I draw out my yellow Turkish-English Langenscheidt dictionary. Now, draw! So who has the fastest reflex in İstanbul, Texan teacher or Turkish student? Before he can load the translation or read the screen in the glare of the sunlight, I have already flipped through the stained pages of the dictionary to find the definition:
We are walking together.
Birlikte yürüyoruz.
You are showing me the way out.
ÇıkışaBanayolçıkışa yolunu gösteriyorsun. /
Bana çıkışa gösteriyorsun.
You are escorting me."Not quite," he replied. "What is refakat etmek in English?"
Sen bana eşlik ediyorsun.
And so, the dictionary duel begins.
We face off each other. He pulls out his smartphone. I draw out my yellow Turkish-English Langenscheidt dictionary. Now, draw! So who has the fastest reflex in İstanbul, Texan teacher or Turkish student? Before he can load the translation or read the screen in the glare of the sunlight, I have already flipped through the stained pages of the dictionary to find the definition:
Refakat etmek means to accompany. It is a more literary and formal verb.Flipping through a book is faster than loading 3g on a phone! Dictionaries rule, smartphones drool!
You accompany me to the exit.
Çıkışa bana refakat ediyorsun.
He accompanies me out of the building.
Senbinadan dışarıbinanın dışına bana refakat ediyorsun.
He is good company.
O iyi birşirketyol arkadaşı.