çiftçi
noun B2- farmer (person who works the land or who keeps livestock)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in çiftçim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çiftçisinde. 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: çiftçisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: çiftçisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: çiftçisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
From the library
Çiftçi olmadıkları için çarşıya ehemmiyet vermiyorlardı.
Selin yüzünde gururlu bir ifadeyle, “ Yerel çiftçilere su tasarrufu konusunda düzenli eğitimler verdim,” dedi.
Selin, with a proud expression on her face, said, "I gave regular trainings to local farmers on water conservation."
Çiftçilere yardımlarından bahsederek, “ Gönüllü arkadaşlarımla birlikte köy köy gezerek modern sulama tekniklerini bölge halkına detaylıca anlattık,” diye ekledi.
Talking about her help to the farmers, she added, 'Together with my volunteer friends, we traveled from village to village and explained modern irrigation techniques to the local people in detail.'
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