abla
noun B1- older sister · Şimdilik ablamın evinde kalıyorum., I'm staying over at my older sister's house for now.
- term of address for a woman, younger than teyze (“auntie”) · İndirim yapmaz mısın be abla? Öğrenciyiz de., Wouldn't you give us a discount? Please ma'am, we are students.
- brothel mistress, whorehouse madam
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ablam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ablasında. 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: ablasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ablasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ablasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Benim bir ablam var, adı Zeynep.
I have an older sister; her name is Zeynep.
Satıcı: Buyurun abla, ne istiyorsunuz?
Seller: Can I help you, ma’am? What would you like?
Ablam ona bilgisayar kullanmayı öğretecek.
My older sister will teach her how to use a computer.
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