ıslak
adjective B2- wet
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: ıslakında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ıslakıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Yağmur iyice hızlanınca nihayet saçağın altından çıktım ve ıslak taşlara basa basa, bu akşamı da yanımda götürdüğümü bilerek eve yürüdüm.
When the rain picked up in earnest, I finally stepped out from under the eaves and, treading the wet stones, walked home, knowing that I was taking this evening with me too.
Ancak sabah uyandığınızda sadece yerlerin ıslak olduğunu fark ederseniz, yağmurun gece boyunca yağdığı sonucuna sadece dolaylı yoldan, mantık yürüterek varabilirsiniz.
However, if you only notice that the ground is wet when you wake up in the morning, you can only arrive at the conclusion that it rained during the night by reasoning indirectly.
İnsanlık tarihinin bu olağanüstü dönemi, ıslak kil üzerine büyük bir ustalıkla kazınmış zarif çivi yazısı çizgileri sayesinde unutulmaktan kurtulmuş ve medeniyetin kültürel hafızasına armağan edilmiştir.
This extraordinary period of human history has been saved from being forgotten and gifted to the cultural memory of civilization thanks to the elegant cuneiform lines engraved with great mastery on wet clay.
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