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No. 608 in Turkish

defa

"Defa" means "time" or "occurrence" in English, as in instances of repetition.

In a sentence

  • Bu filmi ilk defa izliyorum.

    I am watching this movie for the first time.

    The word 'defa' here is used to indicate the occurrence of an event marked as the first instance, often paired with 'ilk'. It signifies a specific count or instance of doing something.

  • Onu birkaç defa görmüştüm.

    I had seen him a few times.

    In this sentence, 'defa' is used to quantify the instances of an action, showing a repeated occurrence of something.

  • Bu konuda bir daha defa konuşalım.

    Let's talk about this topic one more time.

    Here, 'defa' is used in conjunction with 'daha' to suggest an additional instance of an action, indicating doing something again.

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