bana
pronoun A2- me, to me, for me (dative of ben) · O bana aşıktır, He/she loves me · Parayı bana vermediler, They didn’t give the money to me
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in banam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: banasında. 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: banasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: banasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: banasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Bir mizah muharriri, bana bir gün, hoş görmediğim bir tarzda taarruz etmek istemişti.
Bana verdiği cevapta: ´´Behey hayvan!
İnşallah o kokorozlar nasibimden geçmesin, eğer onları tükürüklere boğmazsam, bana da Fitnat demesinler...
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