okuma
noun B1- reading
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in okumam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: okumasında. 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: okumasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: okumasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: okumasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Akşamları kitap okumayı sever.
In the evenings she likes reading books.
Yetişkinlere okuma yazma öğretmek amacıyla 1 Ocak 1929'da ülke genelinde Millet Mektepleri adı verilen kurslar açıldı.
On January 1, 1929, courses called the Nation’s Schools (Millet Mektepleri) were opened across the country to teach adults to read and write.
Aynı zamanda okumayı ve yazmayı çok seviyordu.
At the same time, she loved reading and writing very much.
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