kaçmak: escape and avoid
An open window, a noisy city, a duty to avoid: kaçmak connects escape with what you leave behind. Practise its forms and distinguish it from missing a bus.
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To catch: forms and objects
A flying ball, the last bus, a new opportunity: practise the Turkish verb for catching and see why the bus takes a different ending with “reach in time”.
Read and practisedüşmek: falling, dropping and going down
A wallet on the floor, a colder night: Turkish uses the same verb for both. Practise falling from and onto a place, and distinguish falling from dropping something.
Read and practiseKırmak: break objects, hurt feelings
Cracked walnuts and hurt feelings both use kırmak. Practise kırıyorum, kıracağım and kırarım, and distinguish breaking something from something breaking.
Read and practiseKesmek: cut, slice and interrupt
Cardboard, bread and a conversation: kesmek covers cutting and interrupting. Practise kestim, keseceğiz and keser, then distinguish an action from a power cut.
Read and practisedökmek: pour deliberately or spill by accident
Sauce onto pasta or water onto the floor: dökmek covers pouring and spilling. Practise döküyorum, döktüm and dökeceğim with liquids and loose ingredients.
Read and practisedoldurmak: fill a container, complete a form
A jug of water and a blank form both need doldurmak. Practise its common forms, mark what you fill, and distinguish filling something from becoming full.
Read and practiseBoşaltmak: empty a container, clear a space
A full drawer or a crowded shelf: boşaltmak removes what is inside or on it. Practise its forms, object endings and the contrast with boşalmak.
Read and practiseToplamak: gather, pick and tidy up
Scattered leaves and a messy room call for the same Turkish verb. Practise gathering, fruit picking and tidying, with present, past, future and habitual forms.
Read and practiseDağıtmak: hand out, distribute and make a mess
A deck of cards or a messy room: dağıtmak changes meaning with its object. Practise its forms and distinguish what you hand out from who receives it.
Read and practisesaymak: counting and considering
From counting buttons to judging a mistake: practise saymak, distinguish sayarım from sayıyorum, and count up to a number with yirmiye kadar.
Read and practiseKarıştırmak: stir, mix and confuse
Stirring soup or confusing salt with sugar? Karıştırmak covers both. Practise its forms, the object pattern and the difference from karışmak.
Read and practisetemizlemek: clean a surface or a room
A spotless mirror and a tidy room are different results. Practise temizlemek in five forms, mark what you clean, and distinguish cleaning from putting things away.
Read and practiseWipe, erase, delete: one Turkish verb
A dusty mirror and an unwanted file both call for the same Turkish verb. Practise its forms and distinguish the object you wipe from the place you remove something from.
Read and practisesüpürmek: sweeping and vacuuming
Crumbs on the floor, dust on the carpet: süpürmek covers sweeping and vacuuming. Practise its forms, name the surface and distinguish it from wiping.
Read and practisedikmek: sew a skirt, plant a sapling
A needle or a sapling gives dikmek its meaning. Practise sewing and planting with dikiyorum, diktim, dikeceğim and dikerim, and distinguish seeds from seedlings.
Read and practiseÇizmek: draw lines, sketch and scratch
A pencil draws; a key scratches: çizmek covers both. Practise çizer and çizeceğiz, describe shapes and plans, and use altını çizmek to underline a word.
Read and practiseboyamak: painting surfaces and dyeing hair
A shelf in blue, a wall in white: boyamak connects an object with its new colour. Practise boyuyorum, boyayacağız and the difference between painting and making a picture.
Read and practisePlaying, stealing and ringing in Turkish
A violin, a stolen bicycle and a ringing phone share one Turkish verb. Practise its forms and use the whole sentence to decide which meaning fits.
Read and practiseoynamak: games, teams and acting roles
Backgammon with grandpa, a school team or a stage role: use oynamak, practise oynuyorum and oynayacağım, and choose çalmak for musical instruments.
Read and practiseCelebrating and congratulating in Turkish
A birthday party or a message of congratulations: practise the Turkish verb for both, with present, past and future forms and the person as a direct object.
Read and practiseçağırmak: call someone over or invite them
A kitchen summons or a breakfast invitation: çağırmak brings someone to a place or event. Practise its forms and distinguish inviting from phoning.
Read and practisetanımak: know someone, recognise someone
A familiar voice can be enough: tanımak means knowing someone or recognising them. Practise its forms and distinguish knowing a person from knowing their name.
Read and practisesevinmek: be glad about something
A welcome invitation brings out sevinmek: practise being glad about news, feeling happy for someone, and choosing the right forms and noun endings.
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