Use kızmak to describe getting angry with a person or at a situation. Compare a reaction now with a usual reaction, and practise reassuring someone that you are not angry.
The idea
The target of anger takes the dative: sana kızmak, gürültüye kızmak. The stem kız- stays unchanged in kızıyorum and kızdım. The aorist is kızarım, useful for habitual reactions; the future is kızacağım, with ğ before the first-person ending. The negative forms include kızmıyorum and kızmadım; to one person, say kızma for “do not get angry”.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | kızıyorum | kızdım | kızacağım | kızarım |
| sen | kızıyorsun | kızdın | kızacaksın | kızarsın |
| o | kızıyor | kızdı | kızacak | kızar |
| biz | kızıyoruz | kızdık | kızacağız | kızarız |
| siz | kızıyorsunuz | kızdınız | kızacaksınız | kızarsınız |
| onlar | kızıyorlar | kızdılar | kızacaklar | kızarlar |
Examples
- Ben sana kızmıyorum.I am not angry with you.
- Dedem gürültüye çok kızar.My grandfather gets very angry at noise.
- Dün bu habere kızdık.Yesterday we got angry at this news.
- Bana neden kızıyorsun?Why are you angry with me?
- Lütfen çocuğa kızma.Please do not get angry with the child.
- Bir daha geç kalırsan sana kızacağım.If you are late again, I will get angry with you.
- Toplantıda kimseye kızmadık.We did not get angry with anyone at the meeting.
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Watch out
Do not transfer the object pattern of English “blame you” to this verb: sana kızıyorum means “I am angry with you”; seni kızıyorum is wrong. Also keep the dotless ı in kızarım: the aorist is not kızırım.
Try it yourself
Complete with the dative form of “you”: I am not angry with you.
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sana
sana: the person addressed is the target of the anger. The dative of sen is sana, whereas seni is accusative.
Use the first-person singular aorist: I usually get angry at injustice.
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kızarım
kızarım: genellikle presents a usual reaction, and the prompt asks for the aorist. Combine kızar with the first-person ending -ım.
Use the first-person singular future: if you are late again, I will get angry with you.
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kızacağım
kızacağım: the warning concerns a future reaction. In kızacak + -ım, the final k of the future suffix becomes ğ before the vowel.
Tell one person not to get angry with the child. Use the negative imperative.
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kızma
kızma: the speaker asks one person to stop or avoid getting angry. Add the negative imperative -ma to kız-; kızmıyorum would describe the speaker instead.
Practice round
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Complete with the dative form of “you”: I am not angry with you.
Use the first-person singular aorist: I usually get angry at injustice.
Use the first-person singular future: if you are late again, I will get angry with you.
Tell one person not to get angry with the child. Use the negative imperative.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write a reassurance, a sentence about something that usually angers you, and a request to one person not to get angry. Mark the target of the anger and check its case.