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The Neighbour's Tomatoes

Komşunun Domatesleri

Gaziantep'te iki yaşlı komşu, Hatice Hanım ve Kemal Bey, bahçe çitinin üzerinden geçen domates dalları yüzünden yıllardır küsmüştür. Kemal Bey hastalandığında Hatice Hanım bir kâse çorbayla kapısını çalar. Küçük bir jest, yılların kırgınlığını bir anda eritir.

Komşunun Domatesleri: hikaye kapak çizimi
Gaziantep413 kelime · 11 yeni kelimeGramer: relative clauses

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In a quiet street in Gaziantep, two old lived side by side. Mrs. Hatice was a teacher who loved gardening. Mr. Kemal was a retired shopkeeper who loved silence. Between their houses there was a low wooden , and for fifteen years it had caused them a lot of trouble.

The problem was simple. Hatice grew tomatoes that climbed over the fence into Kemal's garden. Kemal hated the leaves that fell on his clean path. "Your plants are everywhere!" he shouted every summer. "They are my plants, and they are doing no harm!" Hatice answered. After a while, they stopped talking altogether.

For years, they greeted each other only with a cold look. The neighbours who lived on the street were tired of the . "They are two people who will never change," said the baker. Even the children who played near the fence knew they should not make noise.

One cold November, Hatice noticed something strange. The curtains of Kemal's house, which were usually open at seven, stayed closed for three days. No smoke came from his chimney. Nobody walked on the path that he cleaned every morning. She felt .

On the fourth day, she could not wait any longer. She knocked on his door, but there was no answer. She called the neighbour's son, who had a spare key. Together they found Kemal in bed. He had a high and was too to stand. Without help, he could have been in serious danger.

The doctor, who came within an hour, said it was only a bad flu. "He needs rest, warm food, and someone who can watch him for a few days," he said. Hatice looked at Kemal's pale face. Then she went home without a word.

An hour later, she came back with a big bowl of soup, which was still . She also carried a basket that was full of fresh tomatoes. "Eat," she said, "and don't ." Kemal, who had not smiled for years, looked at the tomatoes and let out a weak laugh. "They are good tomatoes," he whispered.

Hatice visited him every day until he was well again. Spring came, and Kemal did something that surprised everyone. He took a hammer and made a small gate in the fence. "This is the gate that I should have built fifteen years ago," he said. From that day on, the tomatoes grew freely, and the two neighbours shared them every summer.

Kelimeler

Hikayedeki 11 yeni kelime, hikayeden örnek cümleleriyle.

neighbourisimkomşu

...two old neighbours lived side by side.

retiredsıfatemekli

Mrs. Hatice was a retired teacher...

fenceisimçit

Between their houses there was a low wooden fence...

quarrelisimkavga, atışma

...were tired of the quarrel.

stubbornsıfatinatçı

...two stubborn people who will never change...

uneasysıfathuzursuz, tedirgin

She felt uneasy.

feverisimateş (hastalık)

He had a high fever...

weaksıfatzayıf, güçsüz

...too weak to stand.

lentilisimmercimek

...a big bowl of lentil soup...

steamfiilbuğu çıkarmak

...which was still steaming.

arguefiiltartışmak

"Eat," she said, "and don't argue."

Gramer notu

Relative clauses (who, which, that)

Bu hikayede relative clauses (ilgi cümleleri) öne çıkıyor. Bir isim hakkında ek bilgi vermek için kullanılır.

  • who = insanlar için
  • The neighbours who lived on the street were tired. (Sokakta yaşayan komşular bıkmıştı.)
  • which = nesneler ve hayvanlar için
  • A big bowl of lentil soup, which was still steaming. (Hâlâ buharı tüten büyük bir kâse mercimek çorbası.)
  • that = hem insanlar hem nesneler için (kısa ve gündelik kullanım)
  • This is the gate that I should have built. (Bu, yapmam gereken kapı.)
  • Virgüllü ek bilgi cümlelerinde (non-defining) that kullanılmaz; who veya which tercih edilir:
  • Kemal, who had not smiled for years, laughed.
  • Nesne yerine geçiyorsa that/which çoğu zaman atılabilir: The path (that) he cleaned...

Ne kadar anladın?

6 kısa soru. Cevabını seç, hemen doğrusunu gör.

1.What was the problem between Hatice and Kemal?

2.How did the other neighbours feel about the quarrel?

3.What did Hatice notice in November?

4.What was wrong with Kemal?

5.What did Hatice bring to Kemal's house?

6.What did Kemal do in the spring?