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Usages of yatmak
Bu derste, "-meden" ekini kullanarak "olmadan" anlamını veren yapıyı tanıtıyoruz; örneğin, "Ayşe, kitap okumadan yatmıyor" cümlesinde olduğu gibi.
In this lesson, we introduce the construct that uses the suffix "-meden" to mean "without doing something," as in the sentence "Ayşe does not go to bed without reading a book."
Ayşe, kitap okumadan yatmıyor.
Ayşe does not go to bed without reading a book.
Erken yatmazsan sabahı göremezsin.
If you don’t go to bed early, you won’t see the morning.
Hafta içi ben genelde erken yatıyorum.
On weekdays I generally go to bed early.
Annem, “erken yat” diye beni uyardı.
My mother warned me, “Go to bed early.”
O da geç yatmayı tercih ediyor.
He also prefers going to bed late.
Yatmadan önce her zaman pencereleri kontrol ediyorum.
Before going to bed, I always check the windows.
Test yourself: What does yatmak mean?
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