A zipper can open and close a jacket.

The idea

Fermuar means zipper. The definite object is fermuarı, fermuarım means “my zipper”, and fermuarın links the zipper to its teeth in fermuarın dişleri. The suffix vowels follow the last vowel a.

Examples

  • Fermuarı dikkatle yukarı çektim.I carefully pulled the zipper up.
  • Fermuarım bugün kolayca açılıyor.My zipper opens easily today.
  • Fermuarlar kutuda düzgünce sıralanmış.The zippers are neatly arranged in the box.
  • Bu fermuar metalden yapılmış.This zipper is made of metal.
  • Fermuarın dişleri birbirine geçiyor.The teeth of the zipper mesh together.
  • Ceketimin fermuarı bozulmuş.The zipper of my jacket is broken.

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Watch out

Use back-vowel endings in fermuarı, fermuarım and fermuarın: the last vowel of the stem is a.

Try it yourself

  1. I pulled the zipper up. (specific object) ___ yukarı çektim.

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    fermuarı

    fermuarı: accusative -ı marks the zipper pulled up.

  2. My zipper opens easily today. (my zipper) ___ bugün kolayca açılıyor.

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    fermuarım

    fermuarım: possessive -ım means “my zipper”.

  3. The teeth of the zipper mesh together. (of the zipper) ___ dişleri birbirine geçiyor.

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    fermuarın

    fermuarın: genitive -ın links the zipper to its teeth.

Use it today

Describe a zipper and say whether it opens easily.