çocukluk
noun B1- childhood
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of çocukluk becomes ğ before a vowel: çocukluğum. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of çocukluk becomes ğ before a vowel: çocukluğunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: çocukluğunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of çocukluk becomes ğ before a vowel: çocukluğuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: çocukluğuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Yetmişini aşmış bir İstanbullu, çocukluğunu anlatırken vapur düdüğünü, iskeledeki kalabalığı ve denizin tuzlu kokusunu sanki dünmüş gibi hatırlar.
An Istanbulite past seventy, telling of his childhood, remembers the ferry's whistle, the crowd at the pier and the salty smell of the sea as if it were yesterday.
Çocukluğunda çok zeki ve çalışkan bir öğrenciydi.
In her childhood, she was a very intelligent and hardworking student.
Çocukluk yıllarında matematiğe çok büyük bir ilgi duydu.
In his childhood years, he felt a great interest in mathematics.
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