desteklemek: support a person, a project or a claim
Backing a project and lending weight to a claim both use desteklemek. Practise its forms, mark the object correctly and distinguish it from destek olmak.
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savunmak: defend a person or a position
Defending a colleague can coexist with disagreement. Practise the forms of savunmak, mark its object, and report a position someone argues for.
Read and practiseeleştirmek: criticise with a reason
A headline too harsh, a proposal too costly: practise criticising a specific target in Turkish, explain your reason and distinguish criticism from anger.
Read and practiseTartışmak: discussing an issue or arguing
A proposal on the table or a heated exchange? Use tartışmak for both, distinguish the topic from the other person, and practise past and future forms.
Read and practiseKanıtlamak: prove a claim with evidence
A calculation can settle a claim: practise kanıtlamak, its changing stem, and the difference between not proving something and being unable to prove it.
Read and practiseaçıklamak: explain a point, announce information
A diagram clarifies a method; an association announces a programme. Practise açıklamak, its verb forms, its recipient and the clauses that carry its message.
Read and practisebelirtmek: to state and specify
A reservation voiced in a meeting or a cost named in a report: practise belirtmek, its verb forms, and clauses that state what someone said.
Read and practiseduyurmak: announce and make known
A club’s new programme gives duyurmak a clear purpose: announce something to an audience. Practise its forms, recipients and the passive duyuruldu.
Read and practiseyönetmek: manage a team, chair a meeting
Teams, meetings and limited time: use yönetmek to describe responsibility, practise its forms, and distinguish managing something from succeeding at a task.
Read and practiseDirecting people and attention in Turkish
A sign points drivers towards a car park; an editor steers a discussion. Practise the Turkish verb for directing, its forms and the cases for person and destination.
Read and practisegeliştirmek: develop a method, improve a skill
A better method or stronger writing skills: use geliştirmek for what you develop, practise its forms, and distinguish it from gelişmek.
Read and practisegelişmek: develop, improve and unfold
A skill improves, a town develops, events unfold: gelişmek puts the changing thing in the subject position. Practise its forms and distinguish it from geliştirmek.
Read and practiseArtırmak: raise an amount or level
More rehearsals, longer opening hours: use artırmak to raise an amount, distinguish it from artmak, and separate the increase from the new total.
Read and practiseReducing quantities with a Turkish verb
Ten minutes less, or only ten minutes left? Express reductions in Turkish, conjugate the verb and distinguish the amount removed from the final level.
Read and practiseartmak: increase, rise and be left over
Orders rise, curiosity grows, and sandwiches remain: artmak links these contexts. Practise its forms and distinguish an increase from causing one.
Read and practiseazalmak: decrease, diminish, run low
Less noise, fewer errors, dwindling supplies: use azalmak to describe a decrease, practise its forms, and distinguish the amount lost from the final value.
Read and practiseyükselmek: rise in height or level
A rising balloon and a higher water level share yükselmek. Practise its forms, describe a change from one value to another, and distinguish rising from raising.
Read and practiseUygulamak: put a method into practice
A plan becomes action with uygulamak: conjugate the verb, apply a method to a problem, and distinguish implementing something from submitting an application.
Read and practiseKurmak: set up, found and make contact
A tent, a company, a connection: kurmak changes meaning with its object. Practise kurarım and kuracağım, then distinguish setting something up from its being established.
Read and practisekurtarmak: rescue, save and free
Rescued children and recovered files both need kurtarmak. Practise its forms, mark what is saved and from what, and distinguish rescuing from escaping.
Read and practisekorumak: protect something, preserve a state
A phone case and a calm response both illustrate korumak. Practise its forms, distinguish what is protected from the threat, and describe what stays unchanged.
Read and practisesaklamak: hide something or keep it
A box of letters and a hidden gift both call for saklamak. Practise its forms, say whom you hide something from, and distinguish keeping from hiding yourself.
Read and practisegizlemek: conceal something from someone
A concealed signature, a detail kept secret: practise gizlemek in four tenses and distinguish what is hidden from the person kept unaware.
Read and practiseChance encounters: people and problems
A neighbour around the corner, a problem at work: describe encounters in Turkish, choose the right complement and distinguish running into someone from welcoming them.
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