uyutmak: helping someone fall asleep
Distinguish uyumak from uyutmak: name who falls asleep and who helps, practise uyutuyorum and uyuttuk, and use the object ending.
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uzanmak: lying down, reaching and extending
Read uzanmak through context: lie down on a sofa, reach for a book or describe a road stretching to the sea; practise dative targets.
Read and practiseeğilmek: bending down and bowing
Describe bending down, ducking through a doorway and bowing with eğilmek; learn eğiliyorum, eğildik and eğileceğim in context.
Read and practisedoğrulmak: straightening up and sitting up
Use doğrulmak for straightening up in a chair, sitting up in bed or rising after a bow; distinguish the movement from standing up.
Read and practisezıplamak: jumping, hopping and bouncing
Use zıplamak for people jumping, a dog hopping and a ball bouncing; learn zıplıyorum, zıpladık and zıplayacağım with translated examples.
Read and practiseatlamak: jumping and skipping an item
Learn atlamak in jump-rope, obstacle and reading contexts; distinguish jumping from skipping a question, section or meal using its objects.
Read and practisetırmanmak: climbing with destinations and routes
Use tırmanmak for hills, trees and rising prices; compare dağa as a destination with yokuşu as a route and practise three tense forms.
Read and practisekaymak: sliding, slipping and skating
Understand kaymak in skating, slides, a slipping foot and moving over on a seat; learn kayıyorum, kaydık and kayacağım in context.
Read and practisekaydırmak: moving objects and scrolling pages
Use kaydırmak to slide a table, scroll a page or shift a meeting time; contrast kaydı with kaydırdım and practise objects and directions.
Read and practisesürmek: driving, spreading and lasting
Understand sürmek with cars, bicycles, butter and duration; distinguish who drives from what lasts and practise sürüyorum, sürdük and süreceğim.
Read and practisefrenlemek: braking and holding something back
Describe braking with frenlemek, distinguish it from coming to a complete stop and recognise its figurative use for curbing shopping.
Read and practiseçarpmak: multiplying, bumping and beating
Use çarpmak for multiplication, a bump or a beating heart; compare beşi dörtle and pencereye, and learn the past consonants in çarptık.
Read and practiseçarpışmak: colliding with each other
Describe mutual collisions with çarpışmak, name a partner with seninle or biriyle, and distinguish çarptı from çarpıştı in clear examples.
Read and practisegeçirmek: spending time and passing something through
Spend an evening or afternoon with geçirmek, compare zaman geçti with günü geçirdik and recognise experience and passing-through contexts.
Read and practisegeçinmek: getting along and making ends meet
Use geçinmek for getting along with neighbours and living on an income; interpret -le by context and distinguish the verb from geçirmek.
Read and practisedönüşmek: turning into something else
Describe a warehouse becoming a library, rain turning to snow and a room changing use; mark the result with the dative in dönüşmek sentences.
Read and practisedönüştürmek: turning one thing into another
Turn bottles into vases, a room into a study and notes into a report with dönüştürmek; mark the original object and the resulting form.
Read and practisekaldırmak: lifting, raising and removing
Use kaldırmak with a box, a raised hand and items removed from a wall or list; distinguish lifting from carrying and practise three tenses.
Read and practiseoturtmak: seating someone and fitting parts
Learn oturtmak for seating guests and fitting a lid into place; contrast oturmak and practise object, destination and tense forms.
Read and practisesallanmak: swinging, swaying and wobbling
Use sallanmak for hammocks, branches and a wobbly table; distinguish motion from causing motion and practise three useful tense forms.
Read and practisesallamak: shaking, waving and rocking
Learn sallamak with a bottle, a waving hand and a cradle; recognise the object, contrast sallanmak and practise three tense forms.
Read and practiseyuvarlanmak: rolling and tumbling
Learn yuvarlanmak with balls, apples and coins; identify what rolls, contrast sliding and practise source, destination and three tenses.
Read and practiseyuvarlamak: rolling objects and rounding numbers
Use yuvarlamak for rolling a ball, shaping dough and rounding numbers; distinguish yuvarlanmak and practise three contextual tense forms.
Read and practisedoğramak: chopping and cutting into pieces
Learn doğramak with onion, soup vegetables and parsley; describe cut size, distinguish cutting from cooking and practise three tenses.
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