You will conjugate ağlamak in the present, past, future and negative, and say who cries, when and about what.
The idea
The stem of ağlamak is ağla-. The soft ğ is never replaced; the only change is the final a before -yor, which drops and leaves ı from harmony: ağl-ıyor-um. The past is -dı: ağladım. The future adds a buffer y, and the k of -acak softens to ğ before a vowel: ağlayacağım. The negative -ma- follows the stem: ağlamıyorum, ağlamadım. What moves you takes -e/-a (filme ağlamak); the person you cry for takes için.
| Person | Present | Past | Future | Negative present |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | ağlıyorum | ağladım | ağlayacağım | ağlamıyorum |
| sen | ağlıyorsun | ağladın | ağlayacaksın | ağlamıyorsun |
| o | ağlıyor | ağladı | ağlayacak | ağlamıyor |
| biz | ağlıyoruz | ağladık | ağlayacağız | ağlamıyoruz |
| siz | ağlıyorsunuz | ağladınız | ağlayacaksınız | ağlamıyorsunuz |
| onlar | ağlıyorlar | ağladılar | ağlayacaklar | ağlamıyorlar |
Examples
- Bebek yine ağlıyor.The baby is crying again.
- Dün akşam filme çok ağladık.Yesterday evening we cried a lot at the film.What moves you takes -e/-a: filme ağlamak, to cry at a film. A person you cry for takes için: annem için ağladım.
- Neden ağlıyorsun sen?Why are you crying?
- Çocuk ağlamıyor, gülüyor.The child is not crying but laughing.
- Mezuniyette herkes ağlayacak.Everyone will cry at the graduation.
- Ağlama, geçecek.Don't cry, it will pass.Ağlama is the negative imperative: -ma comes right after the stem. It goes a little beyond this level, so here only the form matters.
- ağlıyorumI am cryingağlıyor-iyor / -ıyor / -uyor / -üyor: happening nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- ağlamadıkwe did not cryağlamadı-medi / -madı: the negative pastkPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
- ağlayacağızwe will cryağlayacağ-ecek / -acak: will, going toız-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
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Watch out
Learners keep the a and write ağlayorum, or drop the soft letter and write aglıyorum. Before -yor the final a disappears: ağlıyorum. The ğ is not a hard g; it only lengthens the a before it. And a film is not an object: filmi ağladım is wrong, you cry at it with -e.
Try it yourself
Fill the gap: I am crying now. Use the present continuous.
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ağlıyorum
ağlıyorum: the final a of ağla- drops before -yor and the back vowel gives ı; -um marks ben.
Fill the gap: Yesterday we cried a lot. Use the past.
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ağladık
ağladık: the stem ends in a vowel, so the past is -dı and the a stays; -k marks biz.
Fill the gap: You will cry tomorrow. Use the future.
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ağlayacaksın
ağlayacaksın: after the vowel a a buffer y appears, and the k of -acak stays because the consonant s of -sın follows.
Fill the gap: The baby is not crying now. Use the negative present.
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ağlamıyor
ağlamıyor: the negative -mı- sits right after the stem ağla- and -yor follows; the third person has no ending.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Fill the gap: I am crying now. Use the present continuous.
Fill the gap: Yesterday we cried a lot. Use the past.
Fill the gap: You will cry tomorrow. Use the future.
Fill the gap: The baby is not crying now. Use the negative present.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am crying
Tap the parts in order to build this word: we did not cry
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Write four sentences: who is crying now, who cried yesterday, who will cry at an event, and one negative. Underline the stem and check what stands between it and the person ending.