Use artmak when an amount, intensity or degree becomes greater. The increasing thing is the subject, whether it is orders or curiosity. With food after a meal, the same verb can mean “be left over”.
The idea
The stem keeps its t: artıyor, artar, artacak. In the completed past, the stem and ending meet in arttı, with two ts. The table uses the third person singular; this is also usual with inanimate plural subjects. Yirmiden otuza arttı gives the starting and final amounts, twenty and thirty: the increase is ten. İki sandviç arttı after a meeting instead describes leftovers.
| Use | Affirmative (third person singular) | Negative (third person singular) |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing change | artıyor | artmıyor |
| General tendency (aorist) | artar | artmaz |
| Completed past | arttı | artmadı |
| Future | artacak | artmayacak |
| Reported past | artmış | artmamış |
| Condition | artarsa | artmazsa |
Examples
- Bu hafta siparişler arttı.Orders increased this week.
- Akşamları sokaktaki gürültü artıyor.The noise in the street increases in the evenings.
- Son günlerde merakım arttı.My curiosity has grown in recent days.
- Düzenli pratikle kelime bilgim artar.My vocabulary grows with regular practice.
- Katılımcı sayısı yirmiden otuza arttı.The number of participants increased from twenty to thirty.
- Bu ay masraflarımız artmadı.Our expenses did not increase this month.
- İlgi artarsa yeni bir atölye açacağız.If interest increases, we will open a new workshop.
- Toplantıdan sonra iki sandviç arttı.Two sandwiches were left over after the meeting.
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Watch out
To say that expenses increased, use Giderler arttı. If you mean that someone increased the expenses, use artırmak, as in Yeni plan giderleri artırdı. Do not treat artmak as a verb that takes the increasing thing as its direct object.
Try it yourself
Complete: Orders increased compared with last week. Use the third-person singular completed past of artmak.
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arttı
arttı: the comparison describes a completed change. The past ending starts with t after the stem’s t, so both letters are written; the plural orders take the usual singular verb form.
Each new member adds to the group’s experience. Complete with the third-person singular aorist of artmak.
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artar
artar: each new member produces the same kind of change, so the requested aorist suits this recurring pattern. This verb takes -ar, giving artar, rather than artır.
Complete: The number of participants will increase next month. Use the future of artmak.
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artacak
artacak: next month places the change in the future. The subject is the singular phrase katılımcı sayısı, so no plural person ending is needed.
Choose the form meaning: Expenses increased this month. The sentence does not mean “their expenses”. Bu ay ___ arttı. (giderler / giderleri)
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giderler
giderler: expenses are the subject of the change, so there is no accusative ending. Giderleri could mean “their expenses” in another context, but that possessive meaning is excluded here.
Practice round
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Complete: Orders increased compared with last week. Use the third-person singular completed past of artmak.
Each new member adds to the group’s experience. Complete with the third-person singular aorist of artmak.
Complete: The number of participants will increase next month. Use the future of artmak.
Choose the form meaning: Expenses increased this month. The sentence does not mean “their expenses”. Bu ay ___ arttı. (giderler / giderleri)
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Write a three-sentence update on an imaginary club: what increased last month, what will increase next month, and what you will do if interest grows. Use the table to check the verb forms.