You will show a person an object, describe what a map or screen indicates, and ask politely to see something. Use the table to change the person and tense.
The idea
Göstermek takes the person you show something to in the dative and a specific thing shown in the accusative: bana kitabı göster (show me the book). The stem göster- stays intact; its last vowel is e, giving gösteriyorum, gösterdim and gösterir. The future includes göstereceğim and göstereceğiz. For a direct instruction use göster; for a polite request use gösterir misiniz?. A map can also show the way, and a screen can display the time.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | gösteriyorum | gösterdim | göstereceğim | gösteririm |
| sen | gösteriyorsun | gösterdin | göstereceksin | gösterirsin |
| o | gösteriyor | gösterdi | gösterecek | gösterir |
| biz | gösteriyoruz | gösterdik | göstereceğiz | gösteririz |
| siz | gösteriyorsunuz | gösterdiniz | göstereceksiniz | gösterirsiniz |
| onlar | gösteriyorlar | gösterdiler | gösterecekler | gösterirler |
Examples
- Bana yeni çizimini göster.Show me your new drawing.
- Size mutfağı göstereceğim.I will show you the kitchen.
- Bu harita yolu gösteriyor.This map shows the way.
- Bu uygulama her gün yeni bir kelime gösterir.This app shows a new word every day.
- Çocuklar bize fotoğrafları gösterdi.The children showed us the photos.
- Ekran doğru saati göstermiyor.The screen is not showing the correct time.
- Bu düğmeyi bana gösterir misiniz?Could you show me this button?
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Watch out
Beni göster means “show me” as in “point me out”; it does not ask someone to show an object to you. For that, use bana: bana kitabı göster. Also keep görmek (see) distinct from göstermek (show): seeing a picture is different from showing it to another person.
Try it yourself
Ben şimdi size yolu ___. Complete with göstermek in the present continuous: I am showing you the way.
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gösteriyorum
gösteriyorum: ben requires the first-person form, while şimdi places the action in progress now. The last vowel of the stem is e, so the form starts gösteri-, not gösterü-.
Biz yarın size atölyeyi ___. Use the future of göstermek: we will show you the workshop tomorrow.
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göstereceğiz
göstereceğiz: biz calls for the plural “we” ending. Before that vowel-initial ending, the k of gösterecek becomes ğ.
___ bu fotoğrafı göster. Put ben in the right case: show this photo to me.
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bana
bana: the speaker is the person who is to see the photo; the photo itself is already the object, bu fotoğrafı. Using beni would assign the speaker the wrong role.
Bana menüyü ___? Make a polite request with göstermek, the aorist and siz: could you show me the menu?
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gösterir misiniz
gösterir misiniz: the aorist question makes the request courteous. Write mi apart from the verb and attach the siz ending to it: misiniz.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Ben şimdi size yolu ___. Complete with göstermek in the present continuous: I am showing you the way.
Biz yarın size atölyeyi ___. Use the future of göstermek: we will show you the workshop tomorrow.
___ bu fotoğrafı göster. Put ben in the right case: show this photo to me.
Bana menüyü ___? Make a polite request with göstermek, the aorist and siz: could you show me the menu?
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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Choose an object in the room. Ask politely to see it, then write who showed it to whom yesterday and who will show it tomorrow. Next, practise göndermek to describe sending it.