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the unusual derivative suffixes - 3

kara (1the land, 2dark (close to black))

kara+r+mak

kararmak (1to get dark, 2to turn black)

 

Eve hava kararmadan varmam gerek. (I need to arrive home before it gets dark.)

 

sarı (yellow)

sarı+ar+mak------->sarı+ar+mak

sararmak (to turn yellow)

 

Odanın içinde çok sigara içiyorsun, perdeler sararmaya başladı. (You are smoking inside the room too much, the curtains has started to turn yellow.)

 

yeşil (green)

yeşil+er+mek------>yeşil+er+mek

yeşermek (to turn green, to become green)

 

Kitabın giriş cümlesi şuydu: Bahar gelince ortalık yeşerir, ama bu bahar burada öyle olmadı. (The entrance sentence of the book was this: Surroundings turn green when it is the Spring, but it didn´t happen like that here in this spring.)

 

mor (purple)

mor+ar+mak

morarmak (to become/turn purple)

 

Çok sert vurduğun için kolum morardı. (My arm turned purple because you hit so hard.)

 

kırmızı (red)

kızıl (dark red)

kızıl+ar+mak----->kızıl+ar+mak

kızarmak (1to turn red, to redden, 2to be fried, to toast (intransitive))

 

yaş (wet)

yaş+ar+mak

yaşarmak (to become wet)

 

baş (1the head, 2the leader, 3main, essential)

baş+ar+mak

başarmak (to succeed)

 

deli (crazy, mad)

deli+r+mek

delirmek (to get mad, to crazy)

 

ak (white or close to white)

ak+ar+mak

ağarmak (1to become lighter, 2to become/turn white)

 

Saçlarım ağarmaya başladı. (My hairs have started to turn white.)

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göz (the eye)

göz+(i)k+mek

gözükmek (to seem (synonym: görünmek))

 

(hungry)

aç+(ı)k+mak

acıkmak (to get hungry, to be hungry, to feel hungry)

 

geç (late)

geç+(i)k+mek

gecikmek (to be late)

 

bir (1one, ....)

bir+(i)k+mek

birikmek (to accumulate (intransitive))


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