devre
noun B1- period; cycle; revolution
- term of parliament
- circuit
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in devrem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: devresinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: devresinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: devresiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: devresiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
From the library
Bu bitmek bilmeyen enformasyon bombardımanı altında, zihnimiz adeta aşırı yüklenmiş bir devre gibi yoruluyor ve özgün düşünme yetisini yavaş yavaş kaybediyor.
Under this endless bombardment of information, our minds get tired like an overloaded circuit and slowly lose their ability to think originally.
İşte tam bu noktada, Türkçenin o meşhur dolaylı anlatım eki olan ve duyulan geçmiş zamanı kuran yapı bütün zarafetiyle devreye girer.
Right at this exact point, that famous indirect speech suffix of Turkish, the structure that forms the evidential past tense, comes into play with all its elegance.
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