elma
noun B1- apple tree
- apple (fruit)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in elmam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: elmasında. 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: elmasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: elmasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: elmasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
Phrases
From the library
Zeynep: Elmanız var mı?
Zeynep: Do you have apples?
Satıcı: Var, şu kırmızı elmalar çok tatlı.
Seller: We do. Those red apples are very sweet.
Zeynep: Tamam, bir kilo elma da verin.
Zeynep: OK, give me a kilo of apples too.
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