Ayrılmak describes leaving, parting or becoming separate. The table contrasts “I” and “we”. Read the surrounding sentence before translating: işten ayrılmak can describe leaving a job, while a time-of-day context can describe leaving the workplace.
The idea
For the place, person or group left behind, use the ablative: salondan ayrılmak, ekipten ayrılmak, sevgilisinden ayrılmak. The subject is the one who leaves; there is no direct object. In ikiye ayrılmak, the dative instead names the result: splitting into two. Conjugate the stem ayrıl- as in ayrılıyorum and ayrılırım.
| Form | I | We |
|---|---|---|
| Present continuous | ayrılıyorum | ayrılıyoruz |
| Aorist / habitual | ayrılırım | ayrılırız |
| Past | ayrıldım | ayrıldık |
| Future | ayrılacağım | ayrılacağız |
| Negative continuous | ayrılmıyorum | ayrılmıyoruz |
| Negative past | ayrılmadım | ayrılmadık |
| Past question | ayrıldım mı? | ayrıldık mı? |
| Negative future | ayrılmayacağım | ayrılmayacağız |
Examples
- Dün ekipten ayrıldım.I left the team yesterday.
- Yarın kasabadan ayrılacağız.We will leave the town tomorrow.
- Bugün gruptan ayrılmıyoruz.We are not leaving the group today.
- Toplantı bitmeden salondan ayrılmayın.Do not leave the room before the meeting ends.
- Teyzem işten ayrıldıktan sonra kendi atölyesini açtı.After leaving her job, my aunt opened her own workshop.
- Bu yol ileride ikiye ayrılıyor.This road forks further ahead.
- Ablam geçen ay sevgilisinden ayrıldı.My older sister broke up with her partner last month.
- Renkli çamaşırları beyazlardan ayırdım.I separated the coloured laundry from the whites.
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Watch out
Do not confuse ayrıldım (I left / parted) with ayırdım (I separated something). In çamaşırları ayırdım, the laundry is the direct object. Also, işten ayrıldı alone does not tell you whether someone resigned, retired or left for another reason.
Try it yourself
Complete with “the team”: I left the team last week.
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ekipten
ekipten: the team is the group left behind. Its final p gives -ten; it stays p because the suffix begins with a consonant.
Use the future for “I”: I will leave the town tomorrow.
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ayrılacağım
ayrılacağım: tomorrow puts the departure in the future and “I” selects the singular ending. The k of -acak becomes ğ before the vowel in -ım.
Ask in the past with “we”: did we leave the room early? Include the question particle.
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ayrıldık mı
ayrıldık mı: the departure is a completed event involving “we”, so the person ending is already on ayrıldık. The separate question particle follows and takes ı.
Choose the verb for sorting the coloured laundry from the whites; use the past for “I”.
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ayırdım
ayırdım: the speaker sorted the laundry rather than leaving it. The named object renkli çamaşırları calls for ayırmak; past -dı and final -m identify the speaker’s action.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with “the team”: I left the team last week.
Use the future for “I”: I will leave the town tomorrow.
Ask in the past with “we”: did we leave the room early? Include the question particle.
Choose the verb for sorting the coloured laundry from the whites; use the past for “I”.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write one departure from a group and one separation of objects. Identify who leaves or does the separating. Add a future sentence with ayrılmak, then continue with the lesson on ayırmak.