The suffix -(y)ken

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only, merely, solely, just
sadece
liraTURKISH CURRENCY
lira
chips
cips
When I was little, chips were only one lira.
Ben küçükken cips sadece bir liraydı.
girlfriend
kızarkadaş
While my girlfriend cooks, I will watch TV.
Kızarkadaşım yemek yaparken ben televizyon izleyeceğim.
to laugh very loudly, to burst into laughter
kahkaha atmak
While Kamil was falling to the floor, all of us looked at him.
Kamil yere düşerken hepimiz ona baktık.
situation, condition, state
hal
When this word takes suffixes that contain vowels, vowel harmony applies to it as if the stem vowel is e.

For example: halde, hali, halden, halin.
country
ülke
to be extracted, to come out of (something), to originate
çıkmak
When our country is in this condition, something good will not come out of us.
Ülkemiz bu haldeyken, bizden iyi bir şey çıkmaz.
street, alley
sokak
While some kids study in schools, some kids are working in the streets.
Bazı çocuklar okulda ders çalışırken, bazı çocuklar sokakta çalışıyor.
When speaking with patients, doctors are very careful.
Doktorlar hastalarla konuşurken çok dikkatli olurlar.

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