imparatorluk
noun B1- empire
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of imparatorluk becomes ğ before a vowel: imparatorluğum. 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 imparatorluk becomes ğ before a vowel: imparatorluğunda. 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: imparatorluğunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of imparatorluk becomes ğ before a vowel: imparatorluğuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: imparatorluğuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Yaklaşık kırk yıl boyunca imparatorluğun dört bir yanını dolaştı.
For about forty years he traveled all over the empire.
Özellikle İstanbul gibi koca bir imparatorluğun yıkıntıları üzerine kurulan eski şehirlerde hüzün, bireysel bir ruh sağlığı sorunundan ziyade, toplumsal ve paylaşılmış bir ruh hâlidir.
Especially in old cities built on the ruins of a huge empire like Istanbul, melancholy is a social and shared state of mind rather than an individual mental health problem.
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