çaba
noun B1- effort, exertion
- endeavor, struggle
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in çabam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çabasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: çabasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çabasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: çabasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Onlar, sahada gösterdikleri büyük çaba ile bütün ülkeye büyük gurur veriyorlar.
They give great pride to the whole country with the great effort they show on the court.
Anadolu'nun gerçek sesi olan türküler, onların bu olağanüstü çabalarıyla modern dünyada hala yaşamaya devam ediyor.
Folk songs, which are the true voice of Anatolia, continue to live in the modern world with these extraordinary efforts of theirs.
Sonuç olarak, gerçek özgürlüğün ve kalıcı iç huzurunun, dünyadaki her şeye sahip olma çabasında değil, zihnimizi gereksiz yüklerden arındırabilme becerisinde yattığını unutmamalıyız.
As a result, we must not forget that true freedom and lasting inner peace lie not in the effort to possess everything in the world, but in the ability to clear our minds of unnecessary burdens.
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