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Usages of yakın
(O) şuraya yakın oturuyor.
She lives close to there.
yakında
soon; nearbyY
Kamil'in en yakın arkadaşı ölmüş.
[APPARENTLY] Kamil's closest friend died.
Okulu yakın olsaydı her gün kütüphaneye giderdi.
If his school was close, he would go to the library every day.
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Turkish uses vowel harmony, meaning the vowels in suffixes change to match the last vowel of the word. Turkish vowels are divided into front (e, i, ö, ü) and back (a, ı, o, u) groups. Suffixes will use front or back vowels to harmonize with the root word.
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