temkinli
adjective C1- wary, cautious
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in temkinlim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: temkinlisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: temkinlisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: temkinlisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: temkinlisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Temkinliler ise geçişin bedelini kimin ödeyeceğini soruyorlar: Elli yaşında işini kaybeden bir çevirmen, yeni bir mesleğe kolayca uyum sağlayabilir mi?
The cautious, for their part, ask who will pay the price of the transition: can a translator who loses her job at fifty easily adapt to a new profession?
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