With çizmek, you can describe a drawing, a plan or a mark left on a surface. Start with the forms table, then see how the object and the situation tell you which meaning is intended.
The idea
The stem is çiz- throughout: çiziyorum, çizdim. For a habit, use çizer, not çizir. In çizeceğim and çizeceğiz, the future ending changes its k to ğ; the stem stays intact. Compare bir daire çizmek (draw a circle) with daireyi çizmek (draw the particular circle). Altını çizmek means to underline; kelimenin altını çiz asks for a line under the word. The command is çiz, its negative çizme; “I am not drawing” is çizmiyorum.
| Subject | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | çiziyorum | çizdim | çizeceğim | çizerim |
| sen | çiziyorsun | çizdin | çizeceksin | çizersin |
| o | çiziyor | çizdi | çizecek | çizer |
| biz | çiziyoruz | çizdik | çizeceğiz | çizeriz |
| siz | çiziyorsunuz | çizdiniz | çizeceksiniz | çizersiniz |
| onlar | çiziyorlar | çizdiler | çizecekler | çizerler |
Examples
- Ben daireyi çiziyorum.I am drawing the circle.
- Öğretmen üçgeni çizdi.The teacher drew the triangle.
- Biz planı çizeceğiz.We will draw the plan.
- Dedem her sabah bir kuş çizer.My grandfather draws a bird every morning.
- Anahtar masayı çizdi.The key scratched the table.
- Lütfen bu kelimenin altını çiz.Please underline this word.
- Şimdi resim çizmiyorum.I am not drawing a picture now.
- Çizgiyi cetvelle çiziyor musun?Are you drawing the line with a ruler?
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Watch out
Do not translate every use as “draw”. In Anahtar masayı çizdi, the key scratched the table; nobody drew a picture of it. Drawing a shape is çizmek, while filling it with colour is boyamak. Keep the question separate in çiziyor musun?.
Try it yourself
Complete with the aorist: my grandfather draws a bird every morning.
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çizer
çizer: her sabah sets up a repeated action, and the grandfather is a third-person singular subject. The needed aorist has e.
Write only the verb: tomorrow we will draw the plan of the room.
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çizeceğiz
çizeceğiz: yarın places the action in the future and biz requires the “we” ending. Before that vowel, the future ending has ğ, not k.
Tell one person not to scratch the table with a key. Write the negative command.
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çizme
çizme: this is a direct warning to one person. Adding -me to the command çiz stops the action; a statement such as çizmiyorsun would describe what the person is doing.
Complete in the past: the student underlined the important word.
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çizdi
çizdi: the student completed the action, so use the third-person past. With kelimenin altını, the action is underlining, not scratching the word.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete with the aorist: my grandfather draws a bird every morning.
Write only the verb: tomorrow we will draw the plan of the room.
Tell one person not to scratch the table with a key. Write the negative command.
Complete in the past: the student underlined the important word.
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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Describe a shape you draw regularly and a plan you will draw tomorrow. Then write a warning about scratching a table. Next, use boyamak to say how you will colour your drawing.