sübyancık alıp başını uykudan.

English translation: poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow

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Turkish term or phrase:toplanamaz sübyancık alıp başını uykudan.
English translation:poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow
Entered by: Mariette van Heteren

08:19 Oct 19, 2007
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Turkish term or phrase: sübyancık alıp başını uykudan.
Açlığımı duyunca içiveririm. Kaldır şu kızcağızı. Bugün tuttuk evde diye toplanamaz sübyancık alıp başını uykudan. Oh demeli, demeli,ne demeli?
Mariette van Heteren
Netherlands
Local time: 14:50
poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow now.
Explanation:
poor : deserving pity and sympathy





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Since / because we have kept her in (the house) today, the poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow now.

keep sb in : to make sb stay indoors or in a particular place

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"today" is an unfinished period of time. you should, therefore, make the sentence in Present Perfect Tense.
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Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 13:50
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow now.
Mehmet Hascan
3 +1...now the girl can't raise her head from the pillow...
Klaus Petzel
4weeny-girl would probably unable to pick herself up from the bed
Ali Bayraktar


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...now the girl can't raise her head from the pillow...


Explanation:
...since we left her at home today, now the girl can't raise her head from the pillow...

Klaus Petzel
Germany
Local time: 14:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taner Göde
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
weeny-girl would probably unable to pick herself up from the bed


Explanation:
böyle çevirirdim ben

Ali Bayraktar
Türkiye
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Karahan Sisman: be unable to...
1 hr
  -> evet "be" eksik olmuş :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow now.


Explanation:
poor : deserving pity and sympathy





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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 10:47:37 GMT)
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http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q="lift her head off the p...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 11:00:48 GMT)
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Since / because we have kept her in (the house) today, the poor girl can't lift her head off the pillow now.

keep sb in : to make sb stay indoors or in a particular place

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-19 11:15:04 GMT)
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"today" is an unfinished period of time. you should, therefore, make the sentence in Present Perfect Tense.

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 13:50
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ozan karakış
8 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim.

agree  Ogulcan Yalcin
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Teşekkür ederim.

agree  Taner Göde
9 days
  -> Teşekkür ederim, Taner. Selamlar..
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