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Lesson 123: How to use "tarafından"
Tarafından is a word mostly used in passive voice sentences. Its meaning corresponds to that of by in English.
Tarafından is used together with nouns like this.
The kids were abandoned by their mothers. | Çocuklar anneleri tarafından terkedildi. |
The president was killed by the terrorists. | Başkan teröristler tarafından öldürüldü. |
When used together with pronouns, the pronoun receives a genitive case suffix, and tarafından needs to be conjugated
Singular | Plural | |
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First person | ben-im tarafımdan | biz-im tarafımızdan |
Second person | sen-in tarafından | siz-in tarafınızdan |
Third person | o-nun tarafından | onlar-ın tarafından |
Question | Answer |
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treaty, pact | antlaşma |
on the part of, by [Lit.] from the side of | tarafından |
to void, to annul, to abolish | feshetmek |
to be voided, to be annulled, to be abolished | feshedilmek |
The treaty was voided by you. | Antlaşma sizin tarafınızdan feshedildi. |
to be abandoned, to be left, to be deserted | terkedilmek |
The kids were abandoned by their mothers. | Çocuklar anneleri tarafından terkedildi. |
to be written | yazılmak |
The letter in your hand was written by me. | Elinizdeki mektup benim tarafımdan yazıldı. |
to be hanged | asılmak |
Kamil was hanged by you. | Kamil senin tarafından asıldı. |
to destroy, annihilate, wipe off [Lit.] to make non-existent | yok etmek |
to be destroyed, to be annihilated, to be wiped off | yok edilmek |
Your kingdom will be destroyed by us. | Krallığınız bizim tarafımızdan yok edilecek. |
terrorist | terörist |
to be killed | öldürülmek |
The president was killed by the terrorists. | Başkan teröristler tarafından öldürüldü. |
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