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adjective- reverse, contrary, opposite
Forms you’ll meet
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: tersinde. 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: tersiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
From the library
Böylesine yoğun bir anlatımda fazladan bir sözcüğe bile yer yoktur; anlatıcı, dinleyiciyi beklentisiyle baş başa bırakır ve son cümlede beklentiyi tersine çevirir.
In storytelling this dense there is no room for even one extra word; the narrator leaves the listener alone with an expectation and, in the last sentence, turns it on its head.
Hoca ise kimi fıkrada eşeğine ters binen bir saf, kimi fıkrada da tek cümleyle herkesi susturan bir bilgedir.
Hoca himself, for his part, is in some anecdotes a simpleton who rides his donkey backward, and in others a sage who silences everyone with a single sentence.
Dondurmayı havada ters çeviriyor ama dondurma düşmüyor.
He turns the ice cream upside down in the air, but the ice cream doesn't fall.
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