Use büyümek for a person growing up or something increasing in size. The growing person or thing is the subject.
The idea
The stem büyü- gives büyüyor, büyüdü and büyüyecek. Add a person ending for childhood: büyüdüm. Say where with the locative, as in kasabada.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | büyüyorum | büyüdüm | büyüyeceğim |
| sen | büyüyorsun | büyüdün | büyüyeceksin |
| o | büyüyor | büyüdü | büyüyecek |
| biz | büyüyoruz | büyüdük | büyüyeceğiz |
| siz | büyüyorsunuz | büyüdünüz | büyüyeceksiniz |
| onlar | büyüyorlar | büyüdüler | büyüyecekler |
Examples
- Balkondaki çiçekler bu ay hızla büyüyor.The flowers on the balcony are growing quickly this month.
- Ben küçük bir kasabada büyüdüm.I grew up in a small town.
- Kardeşim geçen yıl çok büyüdü.My sibling grew a lot last year.
- Bu ağaç birkaç yılda daha da büyüyecek.This tree will grow even bigger in a few years.
- Siz de bu mahallede mi büyüdünüz?Did you grow up in this neighbourhood too?
- Bitki büyümüyor; saksısı çok küçük.The plant is not growing; its pot is too small.
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Watch out
Do not use a direct object for the thing growing. Büyütmek means raising or enlarging something; büyümek describes its growth.
Try it yourself
Complete with the -iyor form: the flower is growing quickly now.
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büyüyor
büyüyor: the flower is the singular subject, so there is no first-person ending.
Use the past: I grew up in a small town.
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büyüdüm
büyüdüm: the past has -dü, and the final -m identifies the speaker.
Use the future: this tree will grow even bigger.
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büyüyecek
büyüyecek: a buffer y links the vowel-final stem to the future ending.
Practice round
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Complete with the -iyor form: the flower is growing quickly now.
Use the past: I grew up in a small town.
Use the future: this tree will grow even bigger.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write where you grew up and describe a plant growing now. Predict how the plant will change in a year.

