hafifçe
adjective C1- pretty light, fairly light
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in hafifçem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hafifçesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: hafifçesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hafifçesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: hafifçesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Onur hafifçe başını salladı, “ Ben düzenli bir sınıfta daha kolay motive oluyorum,” diye cevap verdi.
Onur nodded his head slightly and replied, "I get motivated more easily in a regular classroom."
Hoca hiç bozuntuya vermeden ve hafifçe gülümseyerek etrafındaki kalabalığa uzun uzun baktı.
The Hodja, without showing any dismay and smiling slightly, looked long and hard at the crowd around him.
İlk maçına başlamak için masaya oturduğunda, elleri heyecandan ve stresten hafifçe titriyordu.
When he sat at the table to start his first match, his hands were trembling slightly from excitement and stress.
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