meraklı
adjective B2- curious (inquisitive, eager to know)
- interested
- apprehensive
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in meraklım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: meraklısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: meraklısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: meraklısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: meraklısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Bugün Seyahatname, hem tarihçiler hem de meraklı okurlar tarafından severek okunuyor.
Today the Seyahatname is read with pleasure by both historians and curious readers.
İç Anadolu'nun yeşil tepeleri arasına gizlenmiş bu görkemli kalıntılar, tarih meraklıları için kesinlikle kaçırılmaması gereken bir duraktır.
These magnificent ruins, hidden among the green hills of Central Anatolia, are definitely a must-see stop for history buffs.
Ayla, on altı yaşında, Galata'nın dar ve yokuşlu sokaklarında dolaşmayı çok seven meraklı bir genç kızdı.
Ayla was a curious young girl who loved wandering the narrow and steep streets of Galata at the age of sixteen.
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