bahane
noun B2- An excuse, a made-up reason to hide the real one. · Yenilme, bunların hepsi bahane., Don't be defeated, these are all excuses.
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in bahanem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: bahanesinde. 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: bahanesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: bahanesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: bahanesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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