tema
noun B1- theme, subject
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in temam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: temasında. 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: temasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: temasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: temasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Aşk, ihanet, fedakarlık, umut ve güçlü aile bağları gibi temalar her kültürden insanın kalbine dokunuyor.
Themes such as love, betrayal, sacrifice, hope, and strong family bonds touch the heart of people from every culture.
Ancak yüzyıllar geçtikçe bu klinik teşhis, tıp kitaplarının tozlu sayfalarından usulca çıkarak felsefenin, sanatın ve edebiyatın en verimli, en dokunaklı temalarından biri hâline geldi.
However, as centuries passed, this clinical diagnosis quietly emerged from the dusty pages of medical books and became one of the most productive, most touching themes of philosophy, art, and literature.
Pamuk, kenti anlatırken kendi geçmişinden yola çıkarak, İstanbulluların ortak hafızasına sinmiş olan o özel melankoliyi son derece evrensel bir temaya dönüştürmeyi başarır.
While describing the city, Pamuk succeeds in transforming that special melancholy, which has permeated the collective memory of Istanbulites, into a highly universal theme by setting out from his own past.
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