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Note
According to the person, can is conjugated:
Canım çorba çekti.
Canın çorba çekti.
Canı çorba çekti.
Canımız çorba çekti.
Canınız çorba çekti.
Canları çorba çekti.
(I/you/he,she,it/we/you/they am/is/are craving for soup.)
Usages of canı çekmek
Canım çekerse mola verip sigara içerim.
If I feel like it, I take a break and smoke.
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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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