birinci
adjective A2- first
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in birincim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: birincisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: birincisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: birincisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: birincisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Birinci katta yaşlı bir komşumuz oturuyor.
An elderly neighbor of ours lives on the first floor.
Son gün en güçlü güreşçi birinci olur.
On the last day, the strongest wrestler becomes first.
Birinci olan güreşçiye başpehlivan derler.
They call the wrestler who comes first 'chief wrestler'.
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