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The First Salary

İlk Maaş

İstanbul'da bir kafede çalışmaya başlayan Mehmet, ilk maaşıyla yeni bir telefon almayı hayal eder. Ancak annesinin yıllardır başkalarının evlerini temizleyerek onu büyüttüğünü hatırlar. İlk maaşını kendisi için değil, annesi için harcamaya karar verir.

İlk Maaş: hikaye kapak çizimi
İstanbul454 kelime · 11 yeni kelimeGramer: gerund ve infinitive

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Mehmet was twenty-two years old, and he had just finished university. After sending many job , he finally found work in a small café in Kadıköy, Istanbul. The was not high, but he was happy. He enjoyed meeting new people, and he liked making coffee for customers every morning.

For years, Mehmet had dreamed of buying a new phone. His old one was broken at the corner, and the battery lasted only two hours. "When I get my first , I will buy the best phone in the shop," he told his friends. He even chose the model and checked the price every week.

At last, at the end of the month, the money came into his account. Mehmet could not stop smiling. On his way home, he stopped in front of the phone shop and looked at the shiny screen in the window. He wanted to go inside, but something made him .

He remembered his mother, Gülizar. After his father died, she had decided to work as a house cleaner to pay for his . Every morning at six, she left home with a small bag. She never about being tired, and she never asked him to help. She only said, "Study hard, my son."

Mehmet thought about his mother's hands. They were and red from years of washing floors. Last winter, she had been coughing for weeks, but she had to stop working. "I cannot to rest," she had said. Suddenly, a new phone did not seem so important.

He walked past the phone shop and went to a different one. There, he bought a warm winter coat, a pair of comfortable shoes, and a beautiful . He also stopped at a flower shop and bought a small bunch of white daisies. He avoided spending any money on himself.

That evening, he put the bags on the kitchen table. His mother was making dinner. "What is this?" she asked, surprised. "It is my first salary, Anne," he said quietly. "I would like you to stay home tomorrow. You have worked enough for both of us."

Gülizar tried to speak, but she could not. She hugged her son and cried like a child. "I don't need presents," she finally whispered. "I only needed to see you happy." Mehmet smiled. "Then you are the richest woman in Istanbul, because I am the happiest man."

Two months later, Mehmet bought his phone. It was not the best one in the shop, but it was good enough. Every time he looked at it, he did not think about the screen or the camera. He thought about a woman who had given up everything so that he could have his dreams.

Kelimeler

Hikayedeki 11 yeni kelime, hikayeden örnek cümleleriyle.

salaryisimmaaş

...his first salary.

applicationisimbaşvuru

...sending many job applications...

payisimücret, maaş

The pay was not high...

hesitatefiiltereddüt etmek

...something made him hesitate.

educationisimeğitim

...to pay for his education.

complainfiilşikâyet etmek

She never complained about being tired...

roughsıfatnasırlı, pürüzlü

They were rough and red...

refusefiilreddetmek

...she had refused to stop working.

affordfiilgöze alabilmek, parası yetmek

I cannot afford to rest.

scarfisimatkı

...and a beautiful scarf.

daisyisimpapatya

...a small bunch of white daisies.

Gramer notu

Gerund ve infinitive (enjoy doing, decide to do)

Bu hikayede gerund (V-ing) ve infinitive (to + yalın fiil) kullanımı öne çıkıyor. Bazı fiillerden sonra gerund, bazılarından sonra infinitive gelir.

  • Fiil + gerund (V-ing): enjoy, like, avoid, stop, finish, keep, mind
  • He enjoyed meeting new people. (Yeni insanlarla tanışmaktan hoşlanıyordu.)
  • He avoided spending any money on himself. (Kendisi için para harcamaktan kaçındı.)
  • Fiil + infinitive (to + V): decide, want, need, refuse, plan, hope, afford
  • She decided to work as a house cleaner. (Ev temizlikçisi olarak çalışmaya karar verdi.)
  • She refused to stop working. (Çalışmayı bırakmayı reddetti.)
  • Edat + gerund: She never complained about being tired. (before, after, about, of, for + V-ing)
  • Bazı fiiller her ikisini de alır ama anlam değişebilir: stop doing (yapmayı bırakmak) / stop to do (yapmak için durmak).
  • Dikkat: enjoy to meet yanlıştır, enjoy meeting doğrudur.

Ne kadar anladın?

6 kısa soru. Cevabını seç, hemen doğrusunu gör.

1.Where did Mehmet find work?

2.What did Mehmet plan to buy with his first salary?

3.Why did his mother start working as a house cleaner?

4.What did Mehmet buy instead of the phone?

5.What did Mehmet ask his mother to do the next day?

6.When did Mehmet buy his phone?