yolcu
noun B1- passenger
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yolcum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yolcusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: yolcusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yolcusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yolcusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Yolcuların yüzlerine baktığımda, her birinin kendi düşüncelerine gömüldüğünü, kimisinin gazete okuduğunu, kimisinin ise gözlerini denizden ayıramadığını görürüm.
When I look at the passengers' faces, I see that each of them is lost in their own thoughts, some reading the newspaper, others unable to take their eyes off the sea.
Kız Kulesi'nin, Haydarpaşa Garı'nın ve Sarayburnu'nun ağır ağır yanınızdan geçtiği bu manzara, vapurun yolcularına sunduğu en cömert armağandır.
This view, in which the Maiden's Tower, Haydarpaşa Station and Sarayburnu slowly glide past you, is the most generous gift the ferry offers its passengers.
Kalın taş duvarları, kule biçimli payandaları ve dar pencereleriyle bu yapılar, yolcularını hem soğuktan hem eşkıyadan korumak üzere birer kale gibi tasarlanmıştı.
With their thick stone walls, tower-like buttresses and narrow windows, these buildings had been designed like fortresses, to protect their travelers from both the cold and bandits.
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