merdiven
noun B1- stair, staircase, stairway
- ladder
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: merdiveninde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: merdiveniyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
## Merdiven
Ağır ağır çıkacaksın bu merdivenlerden
Eteklerinde güneş rengi bir yığın yaprak
Ve bir zaman bakacaksın semâya ağlayarak..
Sonra uzun merdivenlere çıktık ve dallara uzandık.
Then we climbed tall ladders and reached for the branches.
Sakinler ahşap merdivenler yardımıyla çatıdaki açıklıklardan evlerinin içine iniyor ve günlük hayattaki ulaşımı da tamamen bu damlar üzerinde yürüyerek sağlıyorlardı.
The residents would descend into their houses through openings in the roof with the help of wooden ladders, and they provided transportation in daily life entirely by walking on these roofs.
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