on altı
numeral- sixteen
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in on altım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: on altısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: on altısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: on altısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: on altısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Ben on altı yaşındayım.
I am sixteen years old.
Defne on altı yaşında.
Defne is sixteen years old.
İstanbul, yaklaşık on altı milyon insanın yaşadığı devasa ve hareketli bir şehirdir.
Istanbul is a huge and bustling city where approximately sixteen million people live.
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