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Pirinç tarlasında çok oynadım.
👉 I played a lot in the rice field.

• 🌾 pirinç tarlası → rice field
• 🎮 oynamak → to play
• 🔄 çok → a lot

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Ne oynadın?
👉 What did you play?

• ❓ ne → what
• 🎮 oynamak → to play

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Uçurtma uçurmak.
👉 To fly a kite.

• 🪁 uçurtma → kite
• 🛫 uçurmak → to fly (something)

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Beyzbol oynadım.
👉 I played baseball.

• ⚾ beyzbol → baseball
• 🎮 oynamak → to play

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Uçurtma uçurdum.
👉 I flew a kite.

• 🪁 uçurtma → kite
• 🛫 uçurmak → to fly (something)

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Saklambaç oynamak.
👉 To play hide and seek.

• 🙈 saklambaç → hide and seek
• 🎮 oynamak → to play

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Saklambaç oynadım.
👉 I played hide and seek.

• 🙈 saklambaç → hide and seek
• 🎮 oynamak → to play

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Pirinç tarlası çok sulu değil mi?
👉 Isn’t the rice field very watery?

• 🌾 pirinç tarlası → rice field
• 💦 sulu → watery
• ❓ değil mi? → isn’t it?

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Evet, bazen çok sulu.
👉 Yes, sometimes very watery.

• ✅ evet → yes
• 🔄 bazen → sometimes
• 💦 sulu → watery

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Bazı zamanlar çok sulu.
👉 Some periods are very watery.

• 🕰️ bazı zamanlar → some periods
• 💦 sulu → watery

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Bazen çok kuru.
👉 Sometimes very dry.

• 🔄 bazen → sometimes
• 🌵 kuru → dry

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Bazı dönemler çok kuru.
👉 Some periods are very dry.

• 🕰️ bazı dönemler → some periods
• 🌵 kuru → dry

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Dönem = Period

• 🕰️ dönem → period

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Su = Water

• 💦 su → water

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Sulu = With water

• 💦 sulu → with water / watery

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Tuz = Salt

• 🧂 tuz → salt

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Tuzlu = Salty

• 🧂 tuzlu → salty

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Islak = Wet

• 💧 ıslak → wet

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Kuru = Dry

• 🌵 kuru → dry

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Elbisem ıslak.
👉 My clothes are wet.

• 👕 elbise → clothes
• 💧 ıslak → wet

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You can’t say (Elbisem sulu).
👉 You can’t say (My clothes are watery).

• ❌ sulu → watery (not used for clothes)

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Elbisem ıslak.
👉 My clothes are wet.

• 👕 elbise → clothes
• 💧 ıslak → wet

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Banyoda yerde su var.
👉 There is water on the floor in the bathroom.

• 🚿 banyo → bathroom
• 🏠 yer → floor
• 💦 su → water

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Banyoda yerler ıslak.
👉 The floors in the bathroom are wet.

• 🚿 banyo → bathroom
• 🏠 yerler → floors
• 💧 ıslak → wet

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Sulu süt.
👉 Watery milk.

• 💦 sulu → watery
• 🥛 süt → milk

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Suffix Analysis in Turkish Verbs

❓ What do the suffixes in the word “oynadım” mean in Turkish?
✅ “oyna-dı-m”

• oyna → root (to play)
• -dı → past tense (played)
• -m → first-person singular (I)

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❓ What do the suffixes in the word “uçurdum” mean in Turkish?
✅ “uçur-du-m”

• uçur → root (to fly something)
• -du → past tense (flew)
• -m → first-person singular (I)

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❓ What do the suffixes in the word “oynadın” mean in Turkish?
✅ “oyna-dı-n”

• oyna → root (to play)
• -dı → past tense (played)
• -n → second-person singular (you)

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❓ What do the suffixes in the word “taşındı” mean in Turkish?
✅ “taşın-dı”

• taşın → root (to move, relocate)
• -dı → past tense (moved)

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❓ What do the suffixes in the word “vardı” mean in Turkish?
✅ “var-dı”

• var → root (exists, there is/was)
• -dı → past tense (was there)

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❓ What do the suffixes in the word “söyledim” mean in Turkish?
✅ “söyle-di-m”

• söyle → root (to say)
• -di → past tense (said)
• -m → first-person singular (I)