Dinlenmek describes taking time to recover your energy. You can rest while sitting, lying down or listening to music; the verb does not itself mean sleeping. The table gives affirmative forms for all six persons.
The idea
In the sense “to rest”, dinlenmek is intransitive: the subject is the person resting, with no direct object for “oneself”. Add a place, as in balkonda, or a duration, as in yarım saat. Keep the stem dinlen- in dinleniyorum, dinlendim and the habitual dinlenirim. The future forms for “I” and “we” are dinleneceğim and dinleneceğiz. Useful negatives are dinlenmiyorum, dinlenmedim and dinlenmem. A polite question is Biraz dinlenmek ister misiniz?
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist (habit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | dinleniyorum | dinlendim | dinleneceğim | dinlenirim |
| sen | dinleniyorsun | dinlendin | dinleneceksin | dinlenirsin |
| o | dinleniyor | dinlendi | dinlenecek | dinlenir |
| biz | dinleniyoruz | dinlendik | dinleneceğiz | dinleniriz |
| siz | dinleniyorsunuz | dinlendiniz | dinleneceksiniz | dinlenirsiniz |
| onlar | dinleniyorlar | dinlendiler | dinlenecekler | dinlenirler |
Examples
- Ben balkonda dinleniyorum.I am resting on the balcony.
- Biz gölgede dinlendik.We rested in the shade.
- Annem öğleden sonra dinlenir.My mother rests in the afternoon.
- Yürüyüşten sonra yarım saat dinleneceğim.After the walk, I will rest for half an hour.
- Her akşam koltukta dinlenirim ama uyumam.Every evening I rest in the armchair, but I do not sleep.
- Bugün dinlenmiyorum; taşınmak için kutu hazırlıyorum.I am not resting today; I am preparing boxes for the move.
- Biraz dinlenmek ister misiniz?Would you like to rest a little? (polite or plural)
- Dinlenirken müzik dinliyorum.I listen to music while resting.
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Watch out
Do not lose the second n: dinleniyorum means “I am resting”, whereas dinliyorum means “I am listening”, from dinlemek. In Dinlenirken müzik dinliyorum, both verbs have a job: resting is the situation, and music is what you listen to. Resting does not require sleep.
Try it yourself
Complete with “I am resting”, using the present continuous.
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dinleniyorum
dinleniyorum: şu anda and the requested tense put the rest in progress. The ending -iyorum follows dinlen-; dropping its final n would give the listening verb.
Complete with “we rested”, using the past tense.
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dinlendik
dinlendik: the rest happened yesterday and the subject is “we”. The past form dinlendi takes -k for this subject; dinlendim would describe only the speaker.
Complete with “I will rest”, using the future tense.
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dinleneceğim
dinleneceğim: tomorrow places the planned rest in the future. When the first-person ending is added to dinlenecek, its final k becomes ğ before the vowel.
Complete with “I do not usually rest in the afternoon”, using the negative aorist.
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dinlenmem
dinlenmem: the prompt asks for a habitual negative about the speaker. This form ends in -mem; dinlenmez would describe a third person, and dinlenmiyorum would use a different tense.
Practice round
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Complete with “I am resting”, using the present continuous.
Complete with “we rested”, using the past tense.
Complete with “I will rest”, using the future tense.
Complete with “I do not usually rest in the afternoon”, using the negative aorist.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe where you usually rest, where you rested yesterday and how long you will rest tomorrow. Then write one sentence about listening to music while resting. Next, continue with alışmak.