With güvenmek, you say that you consider a person or a thing reliable. You can trust a teammate, rely on a clock, or have confidence in yourself. The table gives the affirmative forms.
The idea
The person or thing trusted takes the dative: sana, ekibimize, bu saate. For self-confidence, use kendime güveniyorum. The stem güven- keeps its final consonant; its last vowel is e, so write güveniyorum and güvendim. The aorist güvenirim can express a general attitude. The future is güveneceğim. Useful negatives are güvenmiyorum, güvenmedim and güvenmem. Keep the question separate: güveniyor musunuz?
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | güveniyorum | güvendim | güveneceğim | güvenirim |
| sen | güveniyorsun | güvendin | güveneceksin | güvenirsin |
| o | güveniyor | güvendi | güvenecek | güvenir |
| biz | güveniyoruz | güvendik | güveneceğiz | güveniriz |
| siz | güveniyorsunuz | güvendiniz | güveneceksiniz | güvenirsiniz |
| onlar | güveniyorlar | güvendiler | güvenecekler | güvenirler |
Examples
- Ben sana güveniyorum.I trust you.
- Biz ekibimize güveniyoruz.We trust our team.
- Artık kendime güveniyorum.I now have confidence in myself.
- Bu eski saate güvenmiyorum.I do not trust this old clock.
- Dün rehbere güvendik.Yesterday we trusted the guide.
- Bu kez sana güveneceğim.This time I will trust you.
- Kardeşim bana her zaman güvenir.My sibling always trusts me.
- Bu plana güveniyor musunuz?Do you trust this plan? (polite or plural)
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Watch out
English “trust you” has a direct object, but Turkish requires sana güveniyorum, not seni güveniyorum. Also, sana inanıyorum can mean “I believe what you say”; sana güveniyorum expresses confidence in your reliability. The meanings may overlap, but the verbs are not interchangeable in every context.
Try it yourself
Fill in the dative of “you”: I trust you.
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sana
sana: the addressee is the person you trust. Sen has the dative form sana; seni would mark an accusative object.
Use the first-person singular aorist: I always trust my sibling.
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güvenirim
güvenirim: her zaman describes a lasting attitude, and the prompt specifies the aorist. The form güvenir takes -im for the speaker.
Use the first-person singular future: this time I will trust you.
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güveneceğim
güveneceğim: this is a decision about the coming occasion. In güvenecek + -im, the suffix-final k becomes ğ before the vowel.
Use the negative present continuous, first-person singular: I do not trust this old clock.
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güvenmiyorum
güvenmiyorum: the speaker doubts the clock’s reliability now. The negative present form is güvenmiyor plus -um; güvenmedim would place that distrust in the past.
Practice round
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Fill in the dative of “you”: I trust you.
Use the first-person singular aorist: I always trust my sibling.
Use the first-person singular future: this time I will trust you.
Use the negative present continuous, first-person singular: I do not trust this old clock.
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Write one sentence about a person you trust, one about your self-confidence, and one about something you do not trust. Then put the first sentence in the past. Underline each dative form.