banka
noun A2- bank · şehirdeki banka soyuldu, the bank in the city has been robbed
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in bankam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: bankasında. 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: bankasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: bankasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: bankasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Deniz kenarında bir banka oturuyorlar.
They sit on a bench by the sea.
Leyla Hanım deniz kenarındaki ahşap bir banka yavaşça oturduğunda, uzaklarda süzülen vapurların ardında bıraktığı beyaz köpüklü izleri dalgın gözlerle izlemeye koyuldu.
When Ms. Leyla slowly sat down on a wooden bench by the seaside, she set about watching with absent-minded eyes the white foamy trails left behind by the ferries gliding in the distance.
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