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Usages of dönmek
Ondan sonra, eve dönüyoruz.
After that, we are returning home.
(Biz) dün eve döndük.
We've returned home yesterday.
Sağa dön.
Turn right.
(Sizin) sol tarafınıza dönünüz.
Turn to your left side.
Akşam eve dön ki baban kızmasın.
Return home in the evening not to let your dad get angry.
Here the -sın ending turns the verb into a third person imperative. So instead of saying do X to a person it says let person Y do X.
dönem
era, period (of time), epoch, time
geri dönmek
to come back
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