With dökmek, the same verb can describe a cooking step or a mishap. Learn its forms, name what you pour and say where it goes. Loose ingredients such as flour also fit this verb.
The idea
Dökmek takes the material as its object: sosu is the specific sauce. The destination takes the dative: makarnaya, onto the pasta. The context, or yanlışlıkla (by mistake), tells us whether this is pouring or spilling. The stem dök- keeps its k: döküyorum, dökeceğim. In the past, use döktüm; the aorist is dökerim.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist | Negative present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | döküyorum | döktüm | dökeceğim | dökerim | dökmüyorum |
| sen | döküyorsun | döktün | dökeceksin | dökersin | dökmüyorsun |
| o | döküyor | döktü | dökecek | döker | dökmüyor |
| biz | döküyoruz | döktük | dökeceğiz | dökeriz | dökmüyoruz |
| siz | döküyorsunuz | döktünüz | dökeceksiniz | dökersiniz | dökmüyorsunuz |
| onlar | döküyorlar | döktüler | dökecekler | dökerler | dökmüyorlar |
Examples
- Ben sosu makarnaya döküyorum.I am pouring the sauce onto the pasta.
- Çocuk suyu yanlışlıkla yere döktü.The child accidentally spilled the water on the floor.
- Biz unu kaba dökeceğiz.We will pour the flour into the bowl.
- Sosu en son dökerim.I pour the sauce on last.
- Şekeri yere dökme!Don’t spill the sugar on the floor!
- Çorbayı masaya dökmedim.I didn’t spill the soup on the table.
- Lütfen sütü bu kaba dökün.Please pour the milk into this bowl.
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Watch out
Do not assume dökmek always means an accident. Sosu makarnaya dök is an ordinary cooking instruction. Also distinguish the stem’s k from the future ending: in dökeceğim, only the k of -ecek becomes ğ. The negative present is dökmüyorum.
Try it yourself
Complete with the first-person singular present continuous: I am pouring the sauce onto the pasta.
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döküyorum
döküyorum: şu anda locates the action now, and ben requires the first-person ending. The rounded vowel ö gives ü before -yor; the stem’s k stays.
Use the definite past, first-person singular: yesterday I accidentally spilled the water on the floor.
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döktüm
döktüm: dün places the spill yesterday. The voiceless k calls for t in the past ending, and final m identifies the speaker. Yanlışlıkla makes the accident explicit.
Use the future, first-person singular: I will pour the flour into the bowl shortly.
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dökeceğim
dökeceğim: birazdan and the requested future describe a plan. Start from dökecek; before the first-person vowel, the ending’s final k becomes ğ. The stem still begins dök-.
Give a polite instruction with the plural or formal imperative: please pour the milk into this bowl.
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dökün / dökünüz
dökün / dökünüz: both address siz, either several people or one person politely. The longer form sounds more formal; dök alone would address a single familiar person.
Practice round
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Complete with the first-person singular present continuous: I am pouring the sauce onto the pasta.
Use the definite past, first-person singular: yesterday I accidentally spilled the water on the floor.
Use the future, first-person singular: I will pour the flour into the bowl shortly.
Give a polite instruction with the plural or formal imperative: please pour the milk into this bowl.
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 cooking instruction and one accidental spill with yanlışlıkla. Name the material and destination in each. Then change a first-person past sentence to the future; continue with doldurmak to practise filling a container.