nefes almak
verb- to breathe, to inhale
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
-ecek after a front vowel, -acak after a back one. After a stem ending in a vowel, a buffer y joins them: başlayacak.
k becomes ğ before a vowel: alacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
This is one of the 13 one-syllable verbs that take -ir (al-, bil-, bul-, dur-, gel-, gör-, kal-, ol-, öl-, san-, ver-, var-, vur-): alır.
From the library
Hoca derin bir nefes alır.
The Hodja takes a deep breath.
Arabaya bindim, derin bir nefes aldım ve emniyet kemerimi taktım.
I got into the car, took a deep breath, and fastened my seatbelt.
Sınav salonuna girdi ve derin bir nefes aldı.
She entered the exam hall and took a deep breath.
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