You will conjugate giymek in three tenses and the negative, and choose between giymek and takmak.
The idea
The stem giy- ends in a consonant, so it needs no buffer: giyiyorum, giydim, giyeceğim. The past starts with d because y is voiced, and the k of -ecek softens to ğ before a vowel. In the negative, -me- narrows to -mi- before -yor: giymiyorum. What you wear is the object: kazak giyiyorum (a sweater), kazağı giyiyorum (the sweater, with the accusative).
| Person | Present | Past | Future | Negative present |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | giyiyorum | giydim | giyeceğim | giymiyorum |
| sen | giyiyorsun | giydin | giyeceksin | giymiyorsun |
| o | giyiyor | giydi | giyecek | giymiyor |
| biz | giyiyoruz | giydik | giyeceğiz | giymiyoruz |
| siz | giyiyorsunuz | giydiniz | giyeceksiniz | giymiyorsunuz |
| onlar | giyiyorlar | giydiler | giyecekler | giymiyorlar |
Examples
- Bugün mavi bir ceket giyiyorum.I am wearing a blue jacket today.The stem giy- ends in a consonant, so the full -iyor follows: giy + iyor. The i belongs to the ending, so do not drop it.
- Dün akşam yağmurluk giydim.Yesterday evening I wore a raincoat.The stem ends in the voiced y, so the past starts with d: giydim, not giytim.
- Yarın kalın bir mont giyeceğiz.Tomorrow we will wear a thick coat.The k of -ecek softens to ğ before the vowel of -iz: giyeceğiz. Before a consonant it stays: giyecek, giyecekler.
- Neden kazak giymiyorsun?Why aren't you wearing a sweater?The negative -me- narrows to -mi- before -yor: giy + mi + yor + sun. The pronoun sen is dropped; -sun already marks you.
- Dedem gözlük takıyor, ceket giyiyor.My grandfather wears glasses and a jacket.Glasses, watches and rings take takmak; clothes take giymek. Dedem is dede (grandfather) plus -m (my).
- Hadi, ayakkabılarını giy, geç kalıyoruz.Come on, put your shoes on, we are late.The imperative for sen is the bare stem: giy. Ayakkabılarını is your shoes in the accusative.
- giyiyorumI am wearinggiyiyor-iyor / -ıyor / -uyor / -üyor: happening nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- giydimI woregiydi-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)mPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
- giyeceğimI will weargiyeceğ-ecek / -acak: will, going toim-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
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Watch out
Giymek is for clothes and shoes. For glasses, watches, rings and jewellery Turkish uses takmak: gözlük takıyorum, not gözlük giyiyorum.
Try it yourself
Conjugate giy for I in the present continuous: I am wearing.
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giyiyorum
giyiyorum: the stem ends in a consonant, so the full -iyor follows, and -um marks I.
Conjugate giy for we in the simple past: we wore.
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giydik
giydik: the stem ends in the voiced y, so the past starts with d, and -k marks we.
Conjugate giy for I in the future: I will wear.
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giyeceğim
giyeceğim: after the front vowel i comes -ecek, and its k softens to ğ before the vowel of -im.
It is hot, so I am not wearing a sweater. Make giy negative in the present continuous for I.
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giymiyorum
giymiyorum: the negative -me- narrows to -mi- before -yor, then -yor and -um follow.
Practice round
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Conjugate giy for I in the present continuous: I am wearing.
Conjugate giy for we in the simple past: we wore.
Conjugate giy for I in the future: I will wear.
It is hot, so I am not wearing a sweater. Make giy negative in the present continuous for I.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am wearing
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I wore
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Write four sentences about what you wear today, what you wore yesterday, what you will wear tomorrow and one thing you do not wear. Use takmak once for something that is not clothing.