You will conjugate içmek in four forms and learn which things Turkish "drinks" that other languages eat or smoke.
The idea
The stem iç- ends in the voiceless ç and has the front vowel i, and the endings follow from that: -ti in the past (içtim, not içdim), -iyor in the present (içiyorum), -er in the aorist (içerim) and -ecek in the future (içeceğiz). In the future the k of -ecek turns into ğ before an ending that starts with a vowel: içecek, but içeceğim. The verb also covers soup and tobacco: çorba içmek, sigara içmek.
| Person | Present | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | içiyorum | içtim | içeceğim |
| sen | içiyorsun | içtin | içeceksin |
| o | içiyor | içti | içecek |
| biz | içiyoruz | içtik | içeceğiz |
| siz | içiyorsunuz | içtiniz | içeceksiniz |
| onlar | içiyorlar | içtiler | içecekler |
Examples
- Annem çorba içiyor.My mother is having soup.Turkish drinks soup: çorba içmek. The verb yemek is kept for solid food.
- Dün akşam çok su içtim.I drank a lot of water last night.The stem iç- ends in the voiceless ç, so the past ending begins with t: içtim, not içdim.
- Ben her sabah çay içerim.I drink tea every morning.
- Yarın kahve içeceğiz.We will drink coffee tomorrow.
- Babam sigara içmiyor.My father does not smoke.Cigarettes are drunk too: sigara içmek means to smoke. The negative -mi- goes between the stem and -yor.
- Su içer misin?Will you have some water?
- içmiyorumI am not drinkingiçmiyor-miyor / -mıyor / -muyor / -müyor: not doing nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- içtikwe drankiçti-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)kPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
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Watch out
Do not carry "eat soup" or "smoke" over from your own language: Turkish drinks both, çorba içmek and sigara içmek, and keeps yemek for solid food.
Try it yourself
Write içmek in the present continuous: I am drinking water.
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içiyorum
içiyorum: the stem ends in a consonant, so -iyor attaches directly, and the o of -iyor calls for the person ending -um.
Write içmek in the past for ben: I drank tea yesterday.
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içtim
içtim: ç is voiceless, so the past ending starts with t and not d; the front vowel i gives -ti, and -m marks ben.
Write içmek in the future for biz: Tomorrow we will drink milk.
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içeceğiz
içeceğiz: the front vowel i gives -ecek, and its k softens to ğ because the ending -iz starts with a vowel.
Write içmek in the negative present continuous: My father does not smoke.
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içmiyor
içmiyor: the negative -mi- sits between the stem and -yor, and the third person has no person ending. The verb is the same one used for smoking.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Write içmek in the present continuous: I am drinking water.
Write içmek in the past for ben: I drank tea yesterday.
Write içmek in the future for biz: Tomorrow we will drink milk.
Write içmek in the negative present continuous: My father does not smoke.
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 not drinking
Tap the parts in order to build this word: we drank
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Write four sentences about what you drink at which time of day, one in each form of the table, and check that every past form has a t.