Use donmak when something freezes. With a person or their hands, it can also describe feeling extremely cold rather than literally turning to ice.
The idea
The stem don- takes -uyor in donuyor and -du in dondu. The future is donacak. Put negation before the past: donmadı. The freezing thing is the subject.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | donuyorum | dondum | donacağım |
| sen | donuyorsun | dondun | donacaksın |
| o | donuyor | dondu | donacak |
| biz | donuyoruz | donduk | donacağız |
| siz | donuyorsunuz | dondunuz | donacaksınız |
| onlar | donuyorlar | dondular | donacaklar |
Examples
- Gece bahçedeki su dondu.The water in the garden froze overnight.
- Gölet bu kış tamamen dondu.The pond froze completely this winter.
- Ellerim dışarıda donuyor.My hands are freezing outside.
- Bu soğukta borular donacak.The pipes will freeze in this cold.
- Süt henüz donmadı.The milk has not frozen yet.
- Pencerenin kenarında küçük damlalar donuyor.Small drops are freezing at the edge of the window.
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Watch out
Keep o in donmak: dönmek with ö means turning or returning. To freeze something as an action on an object, choose dondurmak.
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Complete in the past: the water froze overnight.
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dondu
dondu: the garden water underwent a completed change; the rounded stem vowel selects -du.
Predict tomorrow using the future: the pipes will freeze.
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donacak
donacak: the prediction needs -acak; a nonhuman plural subject normally takes a singular verb here.
Use a negative past: the milk has not frozen yet.
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donmadı
donmadı: -ma negates the event, and its vowel makes the following past ending -dı, not -du.
Practice round
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Complete in the past: the water froze overnight.
Predict tomorrow using the future: the pipes will freeze.
Use a negative past: the milk has not frozen yet.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe something that froze last night, something that may freeze tomorrow, and something that has not frozen yet.