katlamak: folding objects and doubling amounts

The idea

İkiye katlamak means folding in half with paper, but doubling with production. The object supplies the intended meaning.

Examples

• Ben temiz havluları katlıyorum.I am folding the clean towels.
• Dün mektupları zarfa koymadan önce katladık.Yesterday we folded the letters before putting them in envelopes.
• Yarın valizdeki gömlekleri yeniden katlayacağım.Tomorrow I will refold the shirts in the suitcase.
• Kâğıdı ortadan ikiye katla.Fold the paper in half down the middle.
• Bu yıl üretimi ikiye katladık.This year we doubled production.
• Kâğıdı iki kez ikiye katladım; dört kat oldu.I folded the paper in half twice; it made four layers.

Watch out

Folding twice is not the same as producing two layers: folding a sheet in half twice makes four layers.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi havluları ___. (katlamak)

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   katlıyorum

   katlıyorum: the present action has the first-person ending because the subject is ben.

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün mektupları ___. (katlamak)

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   katladık

   katladık: dün locates the event yesterday; final -k agrees with biz.

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın gömlekleri ___. (katlamak)

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   katlayacağım

   katlayacağım: use the future requested in the exercise; its k becomes ğ before the vowel of the ben ending.

Use it today

Explain folding a sheet in half, then describe an amount increasing from twenty to forty.