gölge oyunu
noun- shadow play
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in gölge oyunum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: gölge oyunusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: gölge oyunusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: gölge oyunusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: gölge oyunusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Bu atölyede uzun yıllardır çalışan Ahmet Usta, geleneksel gölge oyunu kuklaları yapıyor.
Master Ahmet, who has been working in this workshop for many years, makes traditional shadow play puppets.
Her yaz tatilinde atölyesinde çocuklara ve gençlere ücretsiz gölge oyunu kursları düzenliyor.
Every summer vacation, he organizes free shadow play courses for children and youth in his workshop.
Geleneksel gölge oyunumuzun perdesinde Hacivat neşeli adımlarla sahneye girerek, “ Hoş geldin sevgili Karagözüm, sana harika bir iş buldum,” dedi.
On the screen of our traditional shadow play, Hacivat entered the stage with cheerful steps and said, 'Welcome, my dear Karagöz, I found a wonderful job for you.'
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