You will add a person ending to the aorist to say who usually does something: I, you, we, you all or they. He, she and it get no ending.
The idea
After the aorist marker comes the person ending: -im (ben), -sin (sen), nothing (o), -iz (biz), -siniz (siz) and -ler/-lar (onlar): gelirim, gelirsin, gelir, geliriz, gelirsiniz, gelirler. The vowel of every ending except -ler/-lar follows the last vowel of the marker in four ways (i ı u ü): yaparım, görürsünüz, okuruz. -ler/-lar has only two: yaparlar.
| Person | Ending | gel- | yap- | gör- | oku- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | -im / -ım / -um / -üm | gelirim | yaparım | görürüm | okurum |
| sen | -sin / -sın / -sun / -sün | gelirsin | yaparsın | görürsün | okursun |
| o | – | gelir | yapar | görür | okur |
| biz | -iz / -ız / -uz / -üz | geliriz | yaparız | görürüz | okuruz |
| siz | -siniz / -sınız / -sunuz / -sünüz | gelirsiniz | yaparsınız | görürsünüz | okursunuz |
| onlar | -ler / -lar | gelirler | yaparlar | görürler | okurlar |
Examples
- Ben her sabah çay içerim.I drink tea every morning.The ending -im already means “I”, so ben may be dropped: Her sabah çay içerim.
- Sen akşamları kitap okursun.You read books in the evenings.
- Hafta sonları biz geç kalkarız.We get up late at weekends.
- gelirimI comegelir-ir / -ar / -er: the aorist (gelir, yapar)imAorist person endings: -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, -ler
- yaparsınızyou (all) doyapar-ir / -ar / -er: the aorist (gelir, yapar)sınızAorist person endings: -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, -ler
- okurlarthey readokur-ir / -ar / -er: the aorist (gelir, yapar)larAorist person endings: -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, -ler
- alırızwe takealır-ir / -ar / -er: the aorist (gelir, yapar)ızAorist person endings: -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, -ler
- Siz her zaman erken gelirsiniz.You always come early.After the aorist, siz takes -siniz, not the -niz of the past: gelirsiniz, but geldiniz.
- Annem çok güzel yemek yapar.My mother cooks very well.The word o needs no ending: the marker -ar alone already means “she does”. A noun subject like annem works the same way.
- Çocuklar bizde kalır.The children stay with us.A plural noun subject usually does not add -ler to the verb: Çocuklar bizde kalır, not kalırlar.
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Watch out
Do not borrow the past endings. After the aorist you say gelirsin, not gelirn, and geliriz, not gelirk; the short -n and -k belong to geldin and geldik. Siz also needs -siniz, not -niz. O has no ending at all, because gelir already means “he/she/it comes”.
Try it yourself
Add the aorist and the person ending for ben to gel (come): I come.
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gelirim
gelirim: after the marker -ir, ben takes -im; the last vowel i leaves the ending as it is.
Add the aorist and the person ending for sen to yap (do): you do.
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yaparsın
yaparsın: the marker is -ar, sen takes -sin, and the back unrounded vowel a turns it into -sın.
Add the aorist and the person ending for biz to oku (read): we read.
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okuruz
okuruz: oku ends in a vowel, so the marker is just -r; the vowel u gives biz the ending -uz.
Add the aorist and the person ending for siz to gör (see): you (all) see.
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görürsünüz
görürsünüz: gör has a front rounded vowel, the marker is -ür, and so siz takes -sünüz.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Add the aorist and the person ending for ben to gel (come): I come.
Add the aorist and the person ending for sen to yap (do): you do.
Add the aorist and the person ending for biz to oku (read): we read.
Add the aorist and the person ending for siz to gör (see): you (all) see.
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: I come
Tap the parts in order to build this word: you (all) do
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