yoksul
adjective B2- poor (not rich)
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Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yoksulunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yoksuluyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Öykülerinde balıkçılar, kahveciler, işsiz gençler, yoksul çocuklar ve İstanbul sokaklarının adı sanı bilinmeyen insanları yaşar.
His stories are home to fishermen, coffeehouse keepers, young people out of work, poor children and the nameless people of Istanbul’s streets.
En şaşırtıcısı da yolcuların, zengin tüccar ya da yoksul gezgin olmalarına bakılmaksızın, burada üç gün boyunca parasız ağırlanmasıydı.
Most astonishing of all, travelers, whether rich merchants or poor wanderers, were put up here free of charge for three days.
Eserin sayfaları arasında gezinirken, Anadolu'nun uçsuz bucaksız bozkırlarını, yoksul ama umutlu insanlarını ve dönemin toplumsal atmosferini bütün canlılığıyla hissedersiniz.
While wandering among the pages of the work, you feel the vast steppes of Anatolia, its poor but hopeful people, and the social atmosphere of the period with all its vitality.
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