A friend opens a long-awaited workshop; a missed train ruins your evening. Both can prompt inanamıyorum. You will react to surprising news without accidentally suggesting that the other person is lying.
The idea
İnanamıyorum means “I can’t believe it”: the event is hard to take in, whether welcome or upsetting. İnanmıyorum means “I don’t believe it” and can reject a claim as untrue; the extra a matters. Context and tone still influence both. Name what you cannot believe with the dative: bu habere, bu sonuca, buna. You can also react with inanamıyorum alone and then give a separate sentence explaining why. Yok artık and hadi canım are informal reactions of astonishment or scepticism, not neutral substitutes in every setting.
| Expression | Meaning in context |
|---|---|
| İnanamıyorum. | An event is hard to take in. |
| İnanmıyorum. | The speaker does not accept a claim as true. |
| Yok artık! | Informal astonishment, sometimes indignation. |
| Hadi canım! | Informal surprise or scepticism; tone matters. |
Examples
- Ben bu habere inanamıyorum.I can't believe this news.
- Bu sonuca hâlâ inanamıyorum.I still can't believe this result.
- Gözlerime gerçekten inanamıyorum.I really can't believe my eyes.
- İnanamıyorum, sonunda kendi atölyemiz var!I can't believe it, we finally have our own workshop!
- Yok artık, bir fincan kahve bu kadar pahalı mı?No way, is one cup of coffee that expensive?
- Hadi canım, bütün rafı tek başına mı yaptın?No way, did you make the whole shelf on your own?
- Bu söylentiye inanmıyorum; ortada hiçbir kanıt yok.I don't believe this rumour; there is no evidence at all.
- İnanamıyorum, yine son treni kaçırdık.I can't believe it, we missed the last train again.
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Watch out
Do not treat hadi canım as automatically affectionate because it contains canım. With a sharp tone it can dismiss someone’s account. Yok artık can also sound indignant. For a friend’s achievement, İnanamıyorum, sonunda başardın! makes your delight clear; Sana inanmıyorum questions their truthfulness.
Try it yourself
A friend finally opened the workshop they dreamed of. Complete the delighted reaction with the right option: inanamıyorum / inanmıyorum.
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inanamıyorum
inanamıyorum: the workshop is real and you share your friend’s joy; you are expressing astonishment, not rejecting the news as false.
Put haber (news) in the right case. Write the complete word.
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habere
habere: the news is what you cannot believe. This use of inanmak takes the dative, and the final vowel of haber selects -e; there is no apostrophe on this common noun.
The speaker rejects an unsupported rumour. Choose inanamıyorum or inanmıyorum.
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inanmıyorum
inanmıyorum: the absence of evidence explains why the speaker does not accept the rumour. The sentence expresses a judgement about truth rather than being overwhelmed by a confirmed event.
Complete the informal expression beginning with yok: “No way, is a sandwich that expensive?”
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artık
artık: together with yok, it forms the reaction yok artık. Here the unexpectedly high price prompts disbelief; translating artık separately as “now” would miss the expression’s function.
Practice round
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A friend finally opened the workshop they dreamed of. Complete the delighted reaction with the right option: inanamıyorum / inanmıyorum.
Put haber (news) in the right case. Write the complete word.
The speaker rejects an unsupported rumour. Choose inanamıyorum or inanmıyorum.
Complete the informal expression beginning with yok: “No way, is a sandwich that expensive?”
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 two short exchanges: react warmly to an unexpected success, then doubt an unsupported rumour. Add a separate sentence that makes each intention clear. Read an informal reaction with two different tones and consider how its meaning changes.