kurulanmak: drying yourself with a towel

The idea

Kurulan- takes -ıyor: kurulanıyorum. Havluyla means “with a towel”; it names the tool, not the thing being dried.

Examples

• Ben duştan sonra havluyla kurulanıyorum.I dry myself with a towel after showering.
• Dün yüzmeden sonra kabinde kurulandık.Yesterday we dried ourselves in the changing cubicle after swimming.
• Yarın spordan sonra temiz havluyla kurulanacağım.Tomorrow I will dry myself with a clean towel after exercise.
• Önce kurulan, sonra giyin.Dry yourself first, then get dressed.
• Henüz kurulanmadım; havlum çantada.I have not dried myself yet; my towel is in the bag.
• Havluyla kurulandıktan sonra onu astım.After drying myself with the towel, I hung it up.

Watch out

For a named body part, use ellerimi kuruluyorum. Kurulanıyorum describes drying yourself without that object.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi havluyla ___. (kurulanmak)

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   kurulanıyorum

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

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün yüzmeden sonra ___. (kurulanmak)

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   kurulandık

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

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın spordan sonra ___. (kurulanmak)

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   kurulanacağım

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

Use it today

Give a three-step routine: wash, dry yourself and get dressed; name the towel as the tool.