yaprak: a leaf and its edge

The idea

Yaprak means leaf. The definite object is yaprağı and the genitive yaprağın: final k changes to ğ before a vowel. The plural yapraklar keeps k.

Examples

• Yaprağı kitabın arasına koydum.I put the leaf between the pages of the book.
• Rüzgâr yaprakları yere taşıdı.The wind carried the leaves to the ground.
• Yapraklar sonbaharda sararıyor.The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
• Bu yaprak çok büyük.This leaf is very large.
• İki yaprak masanın üzerinde.Two leaves are on the table.
• Yaprağın kenarı hafifçe kurumuş.The edge of the leaf has dried a little.

Watch out

Keep k before the consonant of yapraklar, but use ğ before the vowels in yaprağı and yaprağın.

Try it yourself

1. I put the leaf between the pages of the book. (specific object) ___ kitabın arasına koydum.

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   yaprağı

   yaprağı: k becomes ğ before accusative -ı.

2. The leaves turn yellow in autumn. (plural) ___ sonbaharda sararıyor.

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   yapraklar

   yapraklar: plural -lar follows the unchanged k.

3. The edge of the leaf has dried a little. (of the leaf) ___ kenarı hafifçe kurumuş.

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   yaprağın

   yaprağın: k becomes ğ before genitive -ın.

Use it today

Describe a leaf’s colour and where you found it.