ödemek: to pay
Paying a bill in Turkish: conjugate ödemek in three tenses and see why its stem becomes ödüyor- in the present and ödeyeceğim in the future.
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Turkish verbs
Learn each verb with its stem, tenses and common sentences, from olmak and gitmek to less frequent verbs.
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buluşmak: to meet up with someone
Meeting a friend at six? Buluşmak marks the person with ile/-le, not the accusative: seninle buluşuyorum. Forms such as buluştum and buluşacağız.
Read and practisetanışmak: to meet someone, and the ile it needs
Ayşe'yle tanıştım, not Ayşe'yi: tanışmak never takes an object. Learn tanıştım, tanışıyorum and tanışacağım, and how -le/-la marks the person you meet.
Read and practisegeçmek: passing, crossing and time going by
Sınavdan geçtim, yoldan geçiyor: geçmek takes the ablative for what you pass, plus geçiyorum, geçtim, geçeceğim and why it is not "to spend time".
Read and practisegezmek: to stroll, to tour, with geziyorum and gezdim
Müzeyi gezdim, not müzeye: what you tour takes the accusative, while a place to wander in takes -de/-da. Forms: geziyorum, gezdim, gezeceğim.
Read and practiseyıkamak: washing hands, dishes and the car
Ellerimi yıkıyorum or duvarı yıkıyorlar? The present of yıkamak (wash) looks like yıkmak (demolish); the past, yıkadım against yıktım, keeps them apart.
Read and practisepişirmek: to cook
Cooking something versus being cooked: pişirmek puts you in charge, pişmek lets the food do it. Conjugate pişirmek and avoid the common mix-up.
Read and practiseuçmak: to fly
Uçuyorum, uçtum, uçacağım: how uçmak (to fly) rounds -iyor to -uyor after u, takes a t in the past and softens k to ğ in the future.
Read and practiseyüzmek: to swim, and where
Denizde yüzüyorum or denize yüzüyorum? In the sea takes -de, to the shore takes -e. Plus yüzüyorum, yüzdüm, yüzeceğim and the negative yüzmüyorum.
Read and practisehatırlamak: remembering people and moments
A face, a password, a shared trip: use hatırlamak for what you remember, practise hatırlıyorum and hatırlayacağım, and separate remembering from reminding.
Read and practiseunutmak: forgetting things and forgetting to act
An umbrella left on a bus and a call you never made both use unutmak. Practise unuttum, unutacağım and the action pattern aramayı unutmak.
Read and practiseanlatmak: tell a story, explain an idea
A plan to explain, a tale to tell: use anlatmak with a listener and a topic, practise its main forms, and distinguish explaining from understanding.
Read and practiseGöstermek: show someone something
A drawing, a route, a button: use göstermek to show something to someone, choose bana rather than beni, and form a polite request with gösterir misiniz.
Read and practisegöndermek: send a file, parcel or message
A file goes to someone: göndermek pairs the item with its recipient. Practise gönderiyorum, göndereceğiz and a polite request without confusing send and take.
Read and practisegetirmek: bring it here
A bowl of soup, a box for tomorrow: getirmek brings something towards a person or meeting place. Practise its forms, requests and contrast with götürmek.
Read and practisegötürmek: taking someone or something elsewhere
A bag to the car, a cat to the vet: götürmek connects an object with a destination. Practise its forms and distinguish taking there from bringing here.
Read and practisetaşımak: carrying things and moving them
A basket in your hands, a table in another room: use taşımak for carrying, practise its forms and distinguish it from taşınmak when you move home.
Read and practisetutmak: hold, take notes, keep a promise
A ladder, a notebook, a promise: tutmak changes meaning with its object. Practise tutuyorum, tuttum, tutarım and tutacağım in everyday contexts.
Read and practisebırakmak: leave something, let go, stop
An umbrella by the door, a rope in your hand: bırakmak covers leaving and letting go. Practise its forms and say which activity has stopped.
Read and practiseatmak: throw, discard and send a message
A ball, an old ticket, a message: atmak changes meaning with its object. Practise attım, atacağım and atar mısın, and keep the stem’s t.
Read and practiseçekmek: pull, take photos, withdraw money
A rope, a camera and a bank account meet in çekmek. Practise its forms, distinguish pulling from pushing, and choose the verb for taking photos.
Read and practiseitmek: push a door or move an object
A door that will not move? Use itmek for pushing: itiyorum, ittim and iter misiniz. Practise keeping t and naming the object you push.
Read and practisekoymak: put something in its place
A book on a shelf, salt in soup: koymak names the act of placing or adding. Practise koyuyorum, koydum, koyacağım and koyarım, with the destination in the dative.
Read and practisekullanmak: use a tool, drive a car
A tablet, a pencil or a car: the Turkish verb for using things also covers driving. Practise its forms, mark specific objects and distinguish drivers from passengers.
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