vapur
noun C1- steamship, steamboat
- ferry
Forms you’ll meet
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: vapurunda. 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: vapuruyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Sonra Eminönü'nde vapura bindiler.
Then they got on a ferry in Eminönü.
Vapurda çay içtiler ve Boğaz'ı izlediler.
On the ferry they drank tea and watched the Bosphorus.
Geç kalmamak için erkenden vapura bindim.
So as not to be late, I took the ferry early.
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