kilometre
noun B1- kilometer/kilometre (unit of length)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kilometrem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kilometresinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kilometresinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kilometresiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kilometresiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Kervansaraylar, develerle ağır yük taşıyan kervanların bir günde alabileceği yol gözetilerek genellikle otuz ila kırk kilometre arayla kurulmuştu.
The caravanserais had been set up, usually thirty to forty kilometers apart, with an eye to the distance that caravans carrying heavy loads on camels could cover in a day.
Son kilometreler oldukça zorluydu fakat içimdeki başarma isteği her şeyden güçlüydü.
The last kilometers were quite challenging, but the desire to succeed inside me was stronger than anything.
Milyarlarca kilometre uzaklıktaki devasa gök cisimlerini saatlerce izlerken, zamanın nasıl akıp gittiğini çoğu zaman hiç anlamıyorum.
While watching the giant celestial bodies billions of kilometers away for hours, I often don't realize at all how time flies by.
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