dokuzuncu
adjective C1- ninth
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in dokuzuncum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dokuzuncusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: dokuzuncusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dokuzuncusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: dokuzuncusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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On dokuzuncu yüzyılın başında İngiltere'de makineleri kıran dokumacılar, aslında basit bir soru soruyorlardı: Bizim yerimiz ne olacak?
The weavers who smashed machines in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century were in fact asking a simple question: what will become of us?
On dokuzuncu yüzyılda İstanbul'u ziyaret eden bir İngiliz gezgin, Hacı Bekir'in dükkanından lokum aldı.
A British traveler visiting Istanbul in the nineteenth century bought Turkish delight from Hacı Bekir's shop.
On dokuzuncu yüzyıla gelindiğinde nostalji, sadece uzaklardaki bir coğrafyaya duyulan mekânsal bir özlem olmaktan çıkmış, tamamen zamanın kendisine duyulan bir hasrete dönüşmüştü.
By the nineteenth century, nostalgia had ceased to be merely a spatial longing for a distant geography and had completely transformed into a yearning for time itself.
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