sokak
noun A2- street, alley
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sokağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sokağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
«Şuradan sap, soluna ilk gelen sokağa gir.
Bu kaparozlar, sokak sokak fink atan kokona kızlarının tango çarşaflarına, havaleli iskarpinlerine gidiyor...
Sokaklarda seylabeler ağlaşır
Ufuk yaklaşır, yaklaşır, yaklaşır;
Bulutlar karardıkça zerrata bir
Ağır, muhtazır dalgalanmak gelir;
Bürür bir soğuk, gölge etrafı hep,
Numayan olur gündüzün nısf-ı şeb.
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