balo
noun C1- ball, a formal dance · mezuniyet balosu, graduation ball
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in balom.
The last vowel, o, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: balosunda. The last vowel, o, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: balosunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: balosuyla. The last vowel, o, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: balosuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Güneş doğarken yüzlerce sıcak hava balonu vadilerin üstünde süzülür.
As the sun rises, hundreds of hot-air balloons float above the valleys.
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