tahta
noun B1- board · Öğretmen tahtanın önündeydi., The teacher was in front of the board.
- wood, wooden · Mutfakta sadece tahta kaşıklar vardı., There were only wooden spoons in the kitchen.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in tahtam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: tahtasında. 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: tahtasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: tahtasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tahtasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Yatağın altında, yeşil tahtadan bir sandık duruyordu.
Mustafa Kemal ağustos ayında İstanbul'da halka seslenerek yeni harfleri tanıttı, ardından birçok şehirde kara tahta başında bizzat ders verdi.
In August, Mustafa Kemal introduced the new letters in a speech to the public in Istanbul, and then personally gave lessons at the blackboard in many cities.
İlk haftalarda yüzme tahtası ile suda durmayı denedim.
In the first weeks, I tried staying afloat in the water with a kickboard.
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