Use dondurmak when someone causes food or another substance to freeze. The person doing it is the subject; the food is the object.
The idea
The stem is dondur-: donduruyorum, dondurdum, donduracağım. A specified food takes the accusative, as in çilekleri. A negative command to one familiar person is the stem plus -ma: dondurma.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | donduruyorum | dondurdum | donduracağım |
| sen | donduruyorsun | dondurdun | donduracaksın |
| o | donduruyor | dondurdu | donduracak |
| biz | donduruyoruz | dondurduk | donduracağız |
| siz | donduruyorsunuz | dondurdunuz | donduracaksınız |
| onlar | donduruyorlar | dondurdular | donduracaklar |
Examples
- Bugün bezelyeyi küçük paketlerde donduruyorum.Today I am freezing the peas in small packages.
- Geçen hafta çilekleri birlikte dondurduk.We froze the strawberries together last week.
- Yarın bu çorbayı donduracağım.I will freeze this soup tomorrow.
- Meyveleri küçük paketlerde dondurun.Freeze the fruit in small packages.
- Bu eti sen mi dondurdun?Were you the one who froze this meat?
- Bu çorbayı dondurma; bugün içeceğiz.Do not freeze this soup; we will have it today.
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Watch out
In a command, dondurma means “do not freeze”; as a noun it means ice cream. Sentence context decides. Do not confuse the action dondurmak with the food itself freezing: donmak.
Try it yourself
Use the present for I: I am freezing the peas today.
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donduruyorum
donduruyorum: the present action is done by the speaker; -um supplies the first-person ending.
Use the past for we: we froze the strawberries last week.
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dondurduk
dondurduk: last week requires a past form; the rounded vowel selects -du, followed by -k for “we”.
Tell one familiar person not to freeze the soup; you will have it today.
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dondurma
dondurma: the soup is the object of a negative instruction; this occurrence is a verb, not the dessert noun.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Use the present for I: I am freezing the peas today.
Use the past for we: we froze the strawberries last week.
Tell one familiar person not to freeze the soup; you will have it today.
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 what you froze last week and plan to freeze tomorrow. Then tell a friend not to freeze something you will eat today.