No. 249 in Turkish
maçında
"In his/her/its match" or "during the match."
In a sentence
Ali dün futbol maçında mükemmel bir gol attı.
Ali scored an excellent goal in the football match yesterday.
In this sentence, 'maçında' means 'in the football match'. It is formed by combining 'maç' (match) with the locative suffix '-da' (in/on/at) and the possessive suffix '-ı', reflecting possession ('of the football').
Tenis maçında yağmur nedeniyle oyun ertelendi.
The game was postponed in the tennis match due to rain.
Here, 'maçında' indicates location within the tennis match, using a similar grammatical structure as the previous example.
Basketbol maçında herkes çok heyecanlıydı.
Everyone was very excited during the basketball match.
In this context, 'maçında' refers to the excitement happening in the basketball match, emphasizing the place and time of the excitement.
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