dolmak: containers, rooms and storage fill up

The idea

Compare şişe doldu with şişeyi doldurdum. The first has the bottle as subject; the second names the person filling it. Suyla tells what fills it.

Examples

• Kova şimdi yavaşça doluyor.The bucket is filling up slowly now.
• Dün salon tamamen doldu.Yesterday the hall filled up completely.
• Birazdan şişe suyla dolacak.The bottle will fill with water shortly.
• Ben şişeyi doldurdum; şişe doldu.I filled the bottle; the bottle became full.
• Telefonun hafızası doldu.The phone’s storage is full.
• Şişe dolu; artık su eklemeyin.The bottle is full; do not add any more water.

Watch out

Doluyor describes filling in progress, not necessarily a full container yet. Dolu states full; do not use şişeyi doldu because the bottle is the subject.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Kova şimdi ___. (dolmak)

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   doluyor

   doluyor: use the requested present form; a third-person singular subject needs no added personal ending.

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Dün salon tamamen ___. (dolmak)

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   doldu

   doldu: the exercise requests the definite past; keep third-person singular agreement with the named subject.

3. Complete in the future tense: Şişe birazdan ___. (dolmak)

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   dolacak

   dolacak: the third-person future keeps its final k because no vowel-initial personal ending follows it.

Use it today

Describe a bottle while water enters it, then say it has become full and identify who filled it.