merak
noun A1- curiosity
- solicitude
- worry
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe 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 last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: merakında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: merakıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
Merak etti.
Fıkraların gücü de buradan gelir: Alay ettikleri şey belli bir kişi değil, hepimizin içinde saklı duran gösteriş merakı, açgözlülük ve ikiyüzlülüktür.
And this is where the power of the anecdotes comes from: what they mock is not any particular person but the love of show, the greed, and the hypocrisy hidden inside all of us.
Kaan, “ Evet anneanne, hiç merak etme, çok iyi yiyorum.” dedi.
Kaan said, "Yes grandma, don't worry at all, I'm eating very well."
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