With kurmak, you can pitch a tent, found a company or establish contact. Learn these combinations as units: the noun tells you which meaning of the verb is intended.
The idea
Çadır kurmak means to pitch a tent, şirket kurmak to found a company, and iletişim kurmak to establish communication. In biriyle iletişim kurmak, the person takes -le/-la or separate ile. The stem stays kur- in kuruyorum and kurdum; the aorist is kurarım, and the future is kuracağım. Compare active Ekip sistemi kurdu with passive Sistem kuruldu: the system is what was installed.
| Form | Turkish |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | kurmak |
| Present continuous: I | kuruyorum |
| Past: I | kurdum |
| Future: I | kuracağım |
| Aorist: I | kurarım |
| Negative present continuous: I | kurmuyorum |
| Negative aorist: I | kurmam |
| Ability: I | kurabilirim |
| Present question: you (singular) | kuruyor musun? |
| Passive past: third person singular | kuruldu |
| Passive future: third person singular | kurulacak |
Examples
- Ekip bugün bahçede çadır kuruyor.The team is pitching a tent in the garden today.
- İki arkadaş geçen yıl şirket kurdu.Two friends founded a company last year.
- Yarın teknik ekiple bağlantı kuracağız.We will contact the technical team tomorrow.
- Bu cihazla kablosuz bağlantı kurabilirsiniz.You can establish a wireless connection with this device.
- Her akşam alarmı yediye kurarım.I set the alarm for seven every evening.
- Çocuklar boş kutulardan bir şehir kurdu.The children built a city out of empty boxes.
- Bu iki olay arasında ilişki kurmak zor.It is difficult to see a connection between these two events.
- Yeni sistem hafta sonunda kurulacak.The new system will be installed at the weekend.
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Watch out
Do not put the person contacted in the dative: say danışmanla iletişim kurmak, not danışmana iletişim kurmak. Also keep kurar apart from kurulur: the first describes someone setting something up; the second says something is set up.
Try it yourself
Complete with the habitual form of kurmak for “I”: I set the alarm for seven every evening.
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kurarım
kurarım: her akşam describes a routine, so use the aorist with the first-person ending. This verb has kurar, not kurur; kuruyorum would describe an ongoing action.
Use the future of kurmak for “we”: we will contact the technical team tomorrow.
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kuracağız
kuracağız: the subject is “we” and the action is tomorrow. Add -acak to kur-; its final k becomes ğ before the vowel of -ız.
Use the passive past: the new club was founded last month.
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kuruldu
kuruldu: the club did not found something; someone founded it. The passive stem kurul- takes past -du, and the sentence leaves the founders unnamed.
Add the ending to danışman (consultant): we contacted the consultant about the project.
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danışmanla / danışman ile
danışmanla or danışman ile: the blank names the other participant in communication. Attached -la follows the last vowel a; separate ile expresses the same relation.
Practice round
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Complete with the habitual form of kurmak for “I”: I set the alarm for seven every evening.
Use the future of kurmak for “we”: we will contact the technical team tomorrow.
Use the passive past: the new club was founded last month.
Add the ending to danışman (consultant): we contacted the consultant about the project.
danışmanla / danışman ile
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write a three-sentence plan: what your team will set up, whom you will contact, and when the system will be installed. Use an active future and a passive future.