sabırlı
adjective B2- patient
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in sabırlım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sabırlısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sabırlısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sabırlısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sabırlısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Köprüler ve tüneller ne kadar çoğalırsa çoğalsın, vapurun ağır ve sabırlı yolculuğu bu şehrin kalbindeki ayrıcalıklı yerini hiçbir zaman yitirmeyecektir.
However many bridges and tunnels are built, the ferry's slow and patient journey will never lose its special place in the heart of this city.
Ama öğretmenim Eda Hanım çok sabırlı ve iyi biriydi.
But my teacher Ms. Eda was a very patient and kind person.
Kemal usta ona sadece hamur yoğurmayı değil, hayata karşı sabırlı olmayı da öğretiyordu.
Master Kemal was teaching him not only to knead dough but also to be patient towards life.
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