pahalı
adjective B1- expensive
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in pahalım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: pahalısında. 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: pahalısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: pahalısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: pahalısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
- Ayol, bir kuzu, o eski devrin on lâle soğanından daha pahalı.
Bilet çok pahalı değildi.
The ticket wasn't very expensive.
Buse, “ Kurslar genellikle çok pahalı oluyor ve belirli saatlere uymak zorundayız,” diyerek kendini savundu.
Buse defended herself by saying, "Courses are usually very expensive and we have to stick to specific hours."
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