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Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

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Exclamations often contain a wh-phrase, such as (19.2): ne ‘what’, ne kadar ‘how<br />

(much)’, nasıl ‘how’, or ne biçim ‘what kind (of)’. Exclamations of this kind have the<br />

intonation pattern of statements, and are thus distinguishable from questions (5.1).<br />

(104) Burası ne güzel bir yer!<br />

‘What a beautiful place this is!’<br />

(105) Ay nasıl güldük!<br />

‘Oh, how we laughed!’<br />

Simple and complex sentences 125<br />

Exclamations can also be expressed with o kadar/öyle(sine)…ki ‘so’ (26.1.2.3) or pek<br />

(de):<br />

(106) Su o kadar soğuktu ki!<br />

‘The water was so cold!’<br />

(107) Çocuğu öylesine seviyor ki…<br />

‘S/he loves the child so much…’<br />

(108) Pek de tatlı bir oğlunuz varmış!<br />

‘What a sweet son you have!’

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