tavla
noun C1- tavla
- backgammon
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in tavlam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: tavlasında. 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: tavlasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: tavlasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tavlasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Yemekten sonra babamla salonda tavla oynadık.
After dinner, we played backgammon with my dad in the living room.
Dedesi gülümsedi ve“ Bu oyunun adı tavla,” dedi.
His grandfather smiled and said, "The name of this game is backgammon."
Dedesi önce tavla tahtasını ve pulları anlattı.
His grandfather first explained the backgammon board and the checkers.
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