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A Letter from Germany

Almanya'dan Bir Mektup

Yıllar önce babası çalışmak için Almanya'ya giden ve bir daha dönmeyen genç bir kadın olan Sevda, bir gün babasından bir mektup alır. Mektup, hem acı bir geçmişi hem de uzun zamandır beklenen bir özrü getirir. Sevda, affetmenin zor ama iyileştirici gücünü keşfeder.

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Trabzon566 kelime · 11 yeni kelimeGramer: past simple ve present perfect

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Sevda is thirty years old. She lives in Trabzon with her mother. When Sevda was a little girl, her father went to Germany to work. Many men from her town went to Germany in those years. They worked hard and sent money home to their families. Her father to come back soon.

But her father never came back. At first, he sent letters and money every month. Then the letters came less often. After a few years, they stopped completely. Sevda's mother her alone. Sevda grew up without a father. She was angry and sad. "He forgot about us," she always thought.

One morning, Sevda was drinking tea when the came. He gave her a letter. The letter was from Germany. Sevda's hands started to shake. She did not know this , but she knew the name on the envelope. It was from her father. After twenty-five years, her father was writing to her.

Sevda sat down. She was afraid to open the letter. For a long time, she just looked at it. Her heart was full of anger, but also . "What does he want after all these years?" she thought. Finally, she opened the envelope slowly. Her hands were still shaking. She began to read.

In the letter, her father wrote the truth. He explained that life in Germany had been very hard. He had lost his job. He had been too to come home with no money. The years passed, and he felt he could not return. "I made a terrible mistake," he wrote. "I was weak. I am so sorry."

Her father continued. "I am old and sick now," he wrote. "I do not have much time. Every day, I think about you and your mother. I think about your little face when you were a child. I have no right to ask, but I want to see you one time before I die. Will you an old, foolish man?"

Sevda cried. She cried for the little girl who had waited for her father. She cried for all the lost years. She was still angry, but now she also felt something else. Her father was not a monster. He was a weak man who had made mistakes, and now he was old and alone and dying. She felt for him.

For several days, Sevda thought about the letter. It was a difficult . Should she forgive her father? Her mother said, "The choice is yours, my daughter. But anger is a heavy thing to carry. Sometimes we forgive others not for them, but for ourselves." These words stayed in Sevda's mind.

Finally, Sevda made her decision. She bought a plane ticket to Germany. She was going to see her father. When she arrived, she found an old, grey, sick man in a small room. He looked at her and started to cry. "You came," he whispered. Sevda looked at her father for a long moment. Then she took his hand. "Yes, Baba," she said. "I came."

Sevda spent two weeks with her father before he died. They talked about everything. It was not easy, but it was . Sevda forgave him, and the heavy anger finally left her heart. "I have learned something important," she says now. "Forgiveness is not for the other person. It is a gift you give to yourself. It sets you ."

Kelimeler

Hikayedeki 11 yeni kelime, hikayeden örnek cümleleriyle.

promisefiilsöz vermek

Her father promised to come back.

raisefiilbüyütmek

Sevda's mother raised her alone.

postmanisimpostacı

the postman came.

handwritingisimel yazısı

She did not know this handwriting.

curiosityisimmerak

anger, but also curiosity.

ashamedsıfatutanmış

He had been too ashamed to come home.

forgivefiilaffetmek

Will you forgive an old man?

pityisimacıma

She felt pity for him.

decisionisimkarar

Sevda made her decision.

healingsıfatiyileştirici

it was healing.

freesıfatözgür

It sets you free.

Gramer notu

Past simple ve present perfect (giriş)

Bu hikayede past simple ve present perfect (giriş) öne çıkıyor.

  • Past simple (geçmiş): her father went to Germany. / The letters stopped. / Sevda cried.
  • Past continuous + past simple: Sevda was drinking tea when the postman came.
  • Present perfect (giriş): I have learned something important. / I have no right to ask.
  • Dikkat: düzenli fiiller "-ed" (promised, raised); düzensizler değişir (went, came, made).

Ne kadar anladın?

6 kısa soru. Cevabını seç, hemen doğrusunu gör.

1.Why did Sevda's father go to Germany?

2.What happened after a few years?

3.What does the letter from her father explain?

4.What does her mother say about forgiveness?

5.What does Sevda decide to do?

6.What does Sevda learn about forgiveness?