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kalmak

verb A1
  1. to remain, be left; to be left over (intransitive)
  2. to come to a halt, reach a standstill (intransitive)
  3. to wait, stay, camp (intransitive)
  4. to spoil, go bad, sour (intransitive)
  5. to fail (a class), flunk (intransitive)
  6. to be postponed to (intransitive)
  7. to be covered with (intransitive)
  8. Expresses continuous action when used with verbal adverbs (those with -a, -e, -ıp, -ip, -up, -üp) (intransitive)
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kalremain ıyorpresent continuous umI

The stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.

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## Para ve Hayat ## Bana Kimsin Diye Sorma Meleğim ## Öksüz "Her gün mektebe gelirken Kulübesinin önünden Geçtiğiniz fakir kadın Pek hastadır, belki yarın Çocuğu öksüz kalacak; Bilmem onu kim alacak?
Rübâb-ı Şikeste'den ve diğer şiirlerinden seçmeler, p. 4 · C1
Biz yalnız kaldık.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 3 · C1
Ben bir gün yalnız başıma kaldım.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 1 · C1

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