ana
adjective- main · Ana sigorta atınca bütün ev karanlıkta kaldı., When the main fuse blew, the whole house was left in the dark.
- native · Ana dilim Türkçedir., My native language is Turkish.
- fundamental
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in anam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: anasında. 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: anasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: anasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: anasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Birdenbire Logaritmacı'nın ana tüyleri dökülmüş kahverengi paltosuna bakarak bu gencin nasıl velinimeti olabileceğini düşündüm.
Hayır, birlikte yaşamaz
Kimsenin anası babası.
Vatan, öksüzler anası
Yaşatırsak, bir o yaşar...
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