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46 [kırk altı] Diskoda

Is this seat taken	Burası boş mu?
May I sit with you	Yanınıza oturabilir miyim?
Sure.	Memnuniyetle.
How do you like the music	Müziği nasıl buluyorsunuz?
A little too loud.	Biraz fazla gürültülü.
But the band plays very well.	Ama orkestra çok iyi çalıyor.
Do you come here often	Buraya sık sık gelir misiniz?
No, this is the first time.	Hayır, bu ilk sefer.
I’ve never been here before.	Buraya hiç gelmedim.
Would you like to dance	Dans eder misiniz?
Maybe later.	Belki daha sonra.
I can’t dance very well.	Ben iyi dans edemiyorum.
It’s very easy.	Bu çok basit.
I’ll show you.	Size göstereyim.
No, maybe some other time.	Hayır, en iyisi başka bir sefere.
Are you waiting for someone	Birini mi bekliyorsunuz?
Yes, for my boyfriend.	Evet, arkadaşımı.
There he is!	Ordan arkadan geliyor ya! (erkek için)

The language of pictures

A German saying goes: A picture says more than a thousand words. That means that pictures are often understood faster than speech. Pictures can also convey emotions better. Because of this, advertising uses a lot of pictures. Pictures function differently than speech. They show us several things simultaneously and in their totality. That means that the whole image together has a certain effect. With speech, considerably more words are needed. But images and speech go together. We need speech in order to describe a picture. By the same token, many texts are first understood through images. The relationship between images and speech is being studied by linguists. It also raises the question whether pictures are a language in their own right. If something is only filmed, we can look at the images. But the message of the film isn't concrete. If an image is meant to function as speech, it must be concrete. The less it shows, the clearer its message. Pictograms are a good example of this. Pictograms are simple and clear pictorial symbols. They replace verbal language, and as such are a form of visual communication. Everyone knows the pictogram for "no smoking" for example. It shows a cigarette with a line through it. Images are becoming even more important due to globalization. But you also have to study the language of images. It is not understandable worldwide, even though many think so. Because our culture influences our understanding of images. What we see is dependent on many different factors. So some people don't see cigarettes, but only dark lines.