You will congratulate someone on good news and choose between tebrikler, tebrik ederim and kutlarım.
The idea
Tebrikler is the short, friendly congratulations for any good news: Yeni işin için tebrikler. Tebrik ederim is the full sentence and sounds a little more formal; kutlarım is a warm, short alternative. The two verbs name the person: seni tebrik ederim, sizi kutlarım. For something new in your life, hayırlı olsun wishes luck instead.
| Phrase | Object | Example |
|---|---|---|
| tebrikler | – | Yeni işin için tebrikler. |
| tebrik ederim | seni / sizi / onu | Seni tebrik ederim. |
| kutlarım | seni / sizi / onu | Hepinizi kutlarım. |
| hayırlı olsun | – | Yeni evin hayırlı olsun! |
Examples
- Seni tebrik ederim.I congratulate you.The person congratulated takes the accusative: seni, not sana.
- Yeni işin için tebrikler.Congratulations on your new job.
- Sınavı geçtin, tebrik ederim!You passed the exam, congratulations!
- Hepinizi kutlarım.I congratulate all of you.
- tebriklercongratulationstebrikler-ler / -lar: the plural suffix
- kutlarımI congratulatekutlar-ir / -ar / -er: the aorist (gelir, yapar)ımAorist person endings: -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, -ler
- Yeni evin hayırlı olsun!Congratulations on your new home!For something new, such as a home, job or car, Turkish often wishes luck with hayırlı olsun instead of tebrikler.
- Mezuniyetinizi tebrik ediyorum.I congratulate you on your graduation.The achievement can be the object too: mezuniyetinizi carries the same accusative -i as seni.
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Watch out
Do not put the person in the dative because your language says "to you": it is seni tebrik ederim, not sana tebrik ederim. Also write tebrik ederim as two words, never tebrikederim.
Try it yourself
Ali, I congratulate you. Fill in the informal 'you' as the object.
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seni
seni: the person congratulated is the object, so sen takes the accusative and becomes seni, not the dative sana.
Dear Director, I congratulate you. Fill in the polite 'you' as the object.
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sizi
sizi: with a director you use the polite siz, and its accusative is sizi.
Ayşe won the race. I congratulate her. Fill in the object form of o.
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onu
onu: o takes a buffer n before the accusative ending, giving onu.
Make 'I congratulate' from kutla-: add the aorist -r and the ending for 'I'.
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kutlarım
kutlarım: the stem kutla- ends in a vowel, so the aorist is -r, and the ending for "I" is -ım, matching the vowel a.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Ali, I congratulate you. Fill in the informal 'you' as the object.
Dear Director, I congratulate you. Fill in the polite 'you' as the object.
Ayşe won the race. I congratulate her. Fill in the object form of o.
Make 'I congratulate' from kutla-: add the aorist -r and the ending for 'I'.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: congratulations
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I congratulate
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Think of three people and three pieces of good news. Write one line for each with tebrikler, tebrik ederim or kutlarım, and check that every person is in the accusative.