No. 781 in Turkish
alması
The Turkish word "alması" means "its taking" or "the act of taking it."
In a sentence
Senin marketten ekmek alması gerekiyor.
You need to buy bread from the store.
In this sentence, 'alması' is used as a gerundial form meaning 'his/her/your buying', indicating necessity.
Onun yarışmayı kazanması hepimizi çok mutlu etti.
Her winning the competition made all of us very happy.
Here, 'alması' shows an action that has been performed or is being considered as a noun, i.e., 'winning'.
Ödülü alması o kadar kolay olmayacak.
Getting the award will not be that easy.
In this sentence, 'alması' is a nominalized verb form used to describe the difficulty level of an action.
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