A future action can identify a person, an object or a time: çalışacak ekip is the team that will work, and gelecek hafta is next week. Here you practise the suffix shapes before a noun.
The idea
Use -ecek after e i ö ü and -acak after a ı o u. After a vowel add linking y: söyleyecek, arayacak. Before a vowel-initial possessive ending, final k becomes ğ: göreceğimiz ev, the house we will see. These endings identify the subject of the relative clause. Keep k before a consonant: okuyacakları metin, the text they will read. The chains below show forms used before nouns, not complete sentences.
| Participle shape | Verb stem | Before a noun |
|---|---|---|
| -ecek | gel- | gelecek hafta |
| -acak | çalış- | çalışacak ekip |
| -yecek | söyle- | söyleyecek kişi |
| -yacak | ara- | arayacak kişi |
| -eceğ- | gör- | göreceğimiz ev |
| -acağ- | al- | alacağım defter |
| -yeceğ- | söyle- | söyleyeceğin söz |
| -yacağ- | ara- | arayacağım kişi |
Examples
- Gelecek hafta burada bir sergi açılıyor.An exhibition opens here next week.
- Yarın okuyacağım makaleyi bugün indiriyorum.I am downloading today the article I will read tomorrow.
- Toplantıda söyleyeceğin sözleri şimdi düşün.Think now about the words you will say at the meeting.
- Yarın çalışacak ekip hazır.The team that will work tomorrow is ready.
- Göreceğimiz ev bu sokakta.The house we will see is on this street.
- okuyacağımthat I will read (before a noun)okuyBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelsacağ-ecek / -acak: future participlesım-im / -ım / -um / -üm / -m: my
- göreceğimizthat we will see (before a noun)göreceğ-ecek / -acak: future participlesimiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: our
- söyleyeceğinthat you will say (singular; before a noun)söyleyBuffer -y-: the y that joins vowelseceğ-ecek / -acak: future participlesin-in / -ın / -un / -ün: your (evin, araban)
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Watch out
Do not confuse the person acting with the person described. Gelecek misafir is the guest who will come; çağıracağım misafir is the guest I will invite. In the second phrase, -ım identifies me as the person inviting; it does not mean that the guest belongs to me.
Try it yourself
Use gelmek: There is tea for the guest who will come tomorrow. Write the missing word.
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gelecek
gelecek: the guest will do the coming, so no possessive ending is needed here. The front vowel in gel- selects -ecek.
Use aramak: You are the person I will call. Write only the missing participle.
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arayacağım
arayacağım: benim makes me the caller. The vowel at the end of ara- requires y, and -ım changes the preceding k to ğ.
Use görmek: The house we will see tomorrow is empty. Write only the missing participle.
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göreceğimiz
göreceğimiz: bizim requires the plural subject ending -imiz. Its first vowel softens k; gör- selects -ecek, despite the rounded ö.
Use söylemek: What you will say matters. Address one person and write only the missing participle.
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söyleyeceğin
söyleyeceğin: senin identifies one listener as the future speaker. Keep the final e of söyle-, insert y, and use -in after softened ğ.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Use gelmek: There is tea for the guest who will come tomorrow. Write the missing word.
Use aramak: You are the person I will call. Write only the missing participle.
Use görmek: The house we will see tomorrow is empty. Write only the missing participle.
Use söylemek: What you will say matters. Address one person and write only the missing participle.
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: that I will read (before a noun)
Tap the parts in order to build this word: that we will see (before a noun)
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Describe a person who will come and something you will prepare. Circle the noun each participle describes, then mark who performs each future action.