durum
noun A1- situation; status, condition
- grammatical case
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: durumunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: durumuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Komşular birbirini tanır ve zor durumda olan birine hemen yardım eder.
Neighbors know one another and quickly help anyone who is in trouble.
Akla ilk gelen cevap, fıkraların olağanüstü kısalığıdır: Çoğu, birkaç cümlelik bir durumla açılır ve tek bir nükteyle kapanır.
The first answer that comes to mind is the anecdotes’ extraordinary brevity: most of them open with a situation a few sentences long and close with a single witticism.
Herkes bu duruma çok şaşırıyor.
Everyone is very surprised at this situation.
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