kurabiye
noun B2- biscuit, cookie
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kurabiyem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kurabiyesinde. 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: kurabiyesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kurabiyesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kurabiyesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Annem ona kurabiye yaptı.
My mother made cookies for her.
Akşam kurabiyeleri Zeynep Hanım'a götürdük.
In the evening we took the cookies to Zeynep Hanım.
Ertesi gün, yardım eden komşulara teşekkür etmek için kurabiye yaptı.
The next day, she made cookies to thank the neighbors who had helped.
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