No. 1,377 in Turkish
topu
"Topu" in Turkish means "the ball" or "its/his/her ball," depending on the context.
In a sentence
Ahmet topunu bahçede oynuyor.
Ahmet is playing with his ball in the garden.
The word 'topunu' is the form of 'top' (ball) with a third person possessive suffix (-u) and the accusative case (-nu), indicating it belongs to someone (Ahmet) and is the direct object of the sentence.
Kum torbasına vurmak yerine topu tercih etti.
Instead of hitting the sandbag, he preferred the ball.
The word 'topu' here is the accusative form of 'top' (ball), indicating it is the direct object of the verb 'tercih etti' (preferred).
Bahçeye topu attım ve koşmaya başladım.
I threw the ball into the garden and started running.
In this sentence, 'topu' is again in the accusative case, showing it as the direct object of the verb 'attım' (threw).
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