oturtmak: seating someone and fitting parts

The idea

Specific objects take the accusative; the destination takes the dative: misafirleri pencere kenarına oturtmak. Past oturttu has two successive ts.

Examples

• Ben misafirleri pencere kenarına oturtuyorum.I am seating the guests by the window.
• Dün çocukları ön sıraya oturttuk.Yesterday we seated the children in the front row.
• Yarın konuşmacıyı masanın başına oturtacağım.Tomorrow I will seat the speaker at the head of the table.
• Çocuk kendisi oturdu; onu ben oturtmadım.The child sat down independently; I did not seat them.
• Bu küçük parçayı yuvasına oturt.Fit this small part into its slot.
• Kapağı tam yerine oturttum.I fitted the lid precisely into place.

Watch out

Oturmak means sitting or sitting down; oturtmak adds the person who seats someone. An object fitted into place need not be a seat.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi misafirleri ___. (oturtmak)

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   oturtuyorum

   oturtuyorum: the present action has the first-person ending because the subject is ben.

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün çocukları ön sıraya ___. (oturtmak)

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   oturttuk

   oturttuk: dün locates the event yesterday; final -k agrees with biz.

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın konuşmacıyı buraya ___. (oturtmak)

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   oturtacağım

   oturtacağım: use the future requested in the exercise; its k becomes ğ before the vowel of the ben ending.

Use it today

Seat two guests in different places, then describe fitting a lid into place.