babaanne
noun C1- grandmother (one's father's mother)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in babaannem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: babaannesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: babaannesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: babaannesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: babaannesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Babaannem de bizimle yaşıyor.
My grandmother lives with us too.
Sevgili babaannem, umarım sen ve köydeki herkes iyisinizdir.
Dear Grandma, I hope you and everyone in the village are well.
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