soyadı
noun B2- surname
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in soyadım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: soyadısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: soyadısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: soyadısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: soyadısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Bu yeni yasa ile birlikte herkesin bir soyadı alması zorunlu hale geldi.
Along with this new law, it became mandatory for everyone to take a surname.
Zarfın üzerindeki soyadından yola çıkarak internette saatlerce süren detaylı bir araştırma yaptı.
Setting out from the surname on the envelope, she did a detailed research on the internet that lasted for hours.
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