Bağırmak describes a loud voice: someone may be angry, excited or simply trying to be heard. Learn to identify the recipient and separate the volume of a voice from the speaker’s intention.
The idea
Use a dative for the person you shout at: bana bağırmak, sana bağırmak. The stem bağır- keeps its dotless ı: bağırıyorum, bağırdım, bağırırım. In bağıracağım, the future suffix changes its final k to ğ before the personal ending. Compare bağırarak konuşmak (to talk by shouting) with bağırmadan konuşmak (to talk without shouting).
| Use | Turkish form |
|---|---|
| Present: I am shouting | bağırıyorum |
| Negative present: I am not shouting | bağırmıyorum |
| Past: I shouted | bağırdım |
| Future: I will shout | bağıracağım |
| Aorist: I shout | bağırırım |
| Negative aorist: I do not shout | bağırmam |
| Negative command: to one person | bağırma |
| Negative command: plural or polite | bağırmayın |
| By shouting / shouting | bağırarak |
| Without shouting | bağırmadan |
Examples
- Lütfen bana böyle bağırma.Please do not shout at me like that.
- Çocuklar heyecandan bağırıyordu.The children were shouting with excitement.
- Görevli kalabalığa doğru bağırdı.The attendant shouted towards the crowd.
- Sana bağırmıyorum; sesimi duyurmaya çalışıyorum.I am not shouting at you; I am trying to make myself heard.
- Gürültü yüzünden bağırarak konuşmak zorunda kaldık.Because of the noise, we had to shout to talk.
- Bana neden bağırdığını anlamadım.I did not understand why you shouted at me.
- Birbirimize bağırmadan da anlaşabiliriz.We can understand each other without shouting at each other, too.
- Duymazlarsa daha yüksek sesle bağıracağım.If they do not hear, I will shout louder.
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Watch out
Seni bağırıyorum is not the pattern for “I am shouting at you”; use sana bağırıyorum. Do not assume every instance of shouting is an angry attack: heyecandan gives excitement as the cause, and noise may make a louder voice necessary. The first-person negative aorist is bağırmam, not bağırmazım.
Try it yourself
Complete with the dative of sen: I am not shouting at you.
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sana
sana: the missing word identifies the person addressed, not a direct object. The dative of sen is sana; seni would be accusative.
Use bağırmak in the first-person singular aorist: I usually shout at matches.
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bağırırım
bağırırım: genellikle places the action in a repeated situation. The requested aorist combines bağırır with -ım, preserving the dotless vowels.
Use the first-person singular future of bağırmak: if they do not hear, I will shout louder.
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bağıracağım
bağıracağım: not being heard is a possible future condition. The speaker’s next action takes the future, and bağıracak + -ım becomes bağıracağım through k → ğ.
Form “without shouting” from bağırmak: we can also understand each other without shouting.
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bağırmadan
bağırmadan: the sentence presents understanding as possible in the absence of shouting. Bağırarak would instead make shouting the way they communicate; the separate da adds “also”.
Practice round
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Complete with the dative of sen: I am not shouting at you.
Use bağırmak in the first-person singular aorist: I usually shout at matches.
Use the first-person singular future of bağırmak: if they do not hear, I will shout louder.
Form “without shouting” from bağırmak: we can also understand each other without shouting.
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Write two short situations: an excited crowd and a disagreement resolved without shouting. Include a recipient in the dative, a future form, and bağırmadan. Make the reason for the loud voice clear.