halk dili
noun- vernacular; colloquial, vulgar, language in the everyday use
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in halk dilim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: halk dilisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: halk dilisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: halk dilisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: halk dilisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Şiirlerinde de resimlerindeki gibi halk dilinin sıcaklığını ve gündelik hayatın neşesini yakalamaya çalıştı; dizeleri çoğu zaman bir türkü kadar sade ve akıcıydı.
In his poems, as in his paintings, he tried to catch the warmth of the people's language and the joy of everyday life; his lines were often as plain and flowing as a folk song.
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