arkanda
noun B2- behind you; second-person singular single-possession possessive locative of arka
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in arkandam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: arkandasında. 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: arkandasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: arkandasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: arkandasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Annesi, “ Evden çıkarken kapıyı arkandan çek,” diyor.
His mother says, 'Pull the door behind you as you leave the house.'
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