şaka
noun B1- joke
- prank
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in şakam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: şakasında. 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: şakasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: şakasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: şakasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Acaba bir Apokurya şakası mıydı?
Bizde bu kelime şimdi, yarı yarıya tezyif ve istihzayı tazammun eden bir garip şaka lafzıdır.
Dostlarla edilen samimi sohbetler, birlikte yenilen akşam yemekleri ve en küçük bir mimikten bile anlaşılan ortak şakalar aidiyetin en somut tezahürleridir.
Sincere conversations had with friends, dinners eaten together, and inside jokes understood even from the slightest facial expression are the most concrete manifestations of belonging.
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