yuvarlamak: rolling objects and rounding numbers

The idea

Topu yuvarladım has an agent and object; top yuvarlandı names the rolling subject. Present yuvarlıyorum narrows the final stem vowel.

Examples

• Ben topu duvara doğru yuvarlıyorum.I am rolling the ball towards the wall.
• Dün küçük hamur parçalarını avuçlarımızda yuvarladık.Yesterday we rolled small pieces of dough between our palms.
• Yarın oyunda yumuşak topları yuvarlayacağım.Tomorrow I will roll the soft balls in the game.
• Yirmi sekizi en yakın onluğa yuvarla: otuz.Round twenty-eight to the nearest ten: thirty.
• Yirmi ikiyi en yakın onluğa yuvarla: yirmi.Round twenty-two to the nearest ten: twenty.
• Topu ben yuvarladım; sonra kendisi yuvarlandı.I set the ball rolling; then it rolled on its own.

Watch out

Rounding is not always upwards: twenty-two becomes twenty when rounded to the nearest ten.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi topu ___. (yuvarlamak)

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   yuvarlıyorum

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

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün hamur parçalarını ___. (yuvarlamak)

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   yuvarladık

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

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın topları ___. (yuvarlamak)

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   yuvarlayacağım

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

Use it today

Roll a ball towards a target, then round two numbers to the nearest ten.