Too many cars
Your street has 40 cars, 0 trees, and a noise level best described as 'ambulance chorus'. Turkish has exact words for exactly this crisis.
Diagnose the streetThe words — Too many cars
Your street. A crime scene. The evidence is quantities.
Meaningtoo many cars
Bizim sokakta çok fazla araba var, komşum arabasını kendi salonuna park etti.
There are too many cars on our street, my neighbor parked his car in his own living room.
Meaningtoo much noise
Sokakta çok fazla gürültü var, komşumun köpeği bile kulaklarını kapatıyor.
There's too much noise on the street, even my neighbor's dog is covering its ears.
Meaningnot enough trees
Bu caddede yeterince ağaç yok, komşum gölge için arabasının altına oturuyor.
There aren't enough trees on this street, my neighbor sits under his car for shade.
MeaningI wish there were fewer cars and less pollution, but more and more cars keep coming
Herkes daha az araba ve daha az kirlilik istiyor, ama sokağa gittikçe daha fazla araba geliyor ve şimdi komşum arabasını çatıya park ediyor.
Everyone wants fewer cars and less pollution, but more and more cars keep coming to the street, and now my neighbor parks his car on the roof.
The scene — Too many cars
Zeeza declares an official 'Street Health Inspection' from the balcony. Nujoom starts counting cars with great seriousness. It is not going well.
- Bugün sokağımızı resmi olarak inceliyoruz. Nujoom, arabaları say.Today we are officially inspecting our street. Nujoom, count the cars.
- Bir, iki, üç... yok, artık sayamıyorum. Çok fazla araba var!One, two, three... no, I can't count anymore. There are too many cars!
- Ve hepsi aynı anda korna çalıyor.And they're all honking at the same time.
- Daha az araba olsa, daha az kirlilik olur.If there were fewer cars, there would be less pollution.
- O zaman resmi rapor hazır: daha az araba, daha çok ağaç.Then the official report is ready: fewer cars, more trees.
The idea — Too many cars
'Çok fazla' means 'too many/too much' and 'daha az' means 'fewer/less' — Turkish never splits those words the way English does.
Now you can stand on your own street and actually diagnose it — too many cars, not enough trees, and say exactly what you'd want less of.
Questions about Too many cars
How do you say 'too many cars' in Turkish?
'Too many cars' is 'çok fazla araba' in Turkish, as in 'Bizim sokakta çok fazla araba var' (There are too many cars on our street).
How do you say 'not enough trees' in Turkish?
'Not enough trees' is 'yeterince ağaç yok', as in 'Bu caddede yeterince ağaç yok' (There aren't enough trees on this street).
What does 'çok fazla' mean in Turkish?
'Çok fazla' means 'too many' or 'too much', used for both countable and uncountable nouns, unlike English which splits the two.
How do you say 'fewer cars, less pollution' in Turkish?
You can say 'Daha az araba olsa, daha az kirlilik olur' meaning 'If there were fewer cars, there would be less pollution.'
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