uçurtma
noun C1- kite (flying toy on string)
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in uçurtmam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: uçurtmasında. 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: uçurtmasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: uçurtmasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: uçurtmasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Dedesi ona güzel bir uçurtma yapmak istedi.
His grandfather wanted to make him a nice kite.
Rüzgar uçurtmanın kuyruğunu çok uzun yaptı.
Rüzgar made the kite's tail very long.
Rüzgar uçurtmayı tuttu ve hızla koşmaya başladı.
Rüzgar held the kite and started to run quickly.
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