vadi
noun B1- valley, canyon, glen
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in vadim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: vadisinde. 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: vadisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: vadisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: vadisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Güneş doğarken yüzlerce sıcak hava balonu vadilerin üstünde süzülür.
As the sun rises, hundreds of hot-air balloons float above the valleys.
Alplerin serin rüzgârını ve alıştıkları vadilerin yankılı sesini özleyen gençler, bu amansız sıla hasretinin pençesinde yataklara düşüyor, memleket özlemiyle günden güne eriyip gidiyorlardı.
The youths missing the cool wind of the Alps and the echoing sound of the valleys they were used to were falling into beds in the clutches of this relentless homesickness, wasting away day by day with the longing for their homeland.
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