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acıkıyorlardı

verb

LanguageTurkish (Turkey)

Meaning
  1. third-person plural past continuous of acıkmak
  2. they were getting hungry
  3. The past continuous form describing a state where a group of people were in the process of becoming hungry over a period of time.
Examples

Yolculuk uzayınca hepsi yavaş yavaş acıkıyorlardı.

As the journey got longer, they were all gradually getting hungry.

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis describes a continuous process in the past for the third-person plural.

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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Source: adapted from English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors) via kaikki.org (Wiktextract), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.