koklamak: smelling and sniffing something

The idea

Specific objects take the accusative: gülleri, sabunu. Stem-final a narrows to u in kokluyorum.

Examples

• Ben nane yapraklarını kokluyorum.I am smelling the mint leaves.
• Dün bahçedeki gülleri kokladık.Yesterday we smelled the roses in the garden.
• Yarın atölyede farklı kahveleri koklayacağım.Tomorrow I will smell different coffees at the workshop.
• Köpek çantamı kokladı.The dog sniffed my bag.
• Sabunu kokladım; limon kokuyor.I smelled the soap; it smells of lemon.
• Kahveyi kokladım ama henüz tatmadım.I smelled the coffee but have not tasted it yet.

Watch out

Sabunu kokladım says I smelled the soap. Sabun limon kokuyor says the soap gives off a lemon scent.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi naneyi ___. (koklamak)

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   kokluyorum

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

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün gülleri ___. (koklamak)

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   kokladık

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

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın kahveleri ___. (koklamak)

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   koklayacağım

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

Use it today

Describe smelling two familiar things, then state what each one smells like.