sekiz
numeral B1- eight
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sekizinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sekiziyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Phrases
From the library
Yedi sekiz sene evvel köyünde gayet tabiî bir hayat geçiriyordu, okuyup yazması yoktu.
Doktor: Ateşiniz otuz sekiz derece.
Doctor: Your temperature is thirty-eight degrees.
Türkçede sekiz ünlü bulunduğu hâlde, Arap yazısı bunları yalnızca birkaç harfle karşılayabiliyordu; bazı ünlüler ise çoğu zaman hiç yazılmıyordu.
Although Turkish has eight vowels, the Arabic script could represent them with only a few letters, and some vowels were often not written at all.
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