You will conjugate ödemek in the present, past and future and say what you are paying for.
The idea
The stem öde- ends in a vowel. Before -iyor that final e drops and the new vowel rounds after ö: ödüyorum. Before -di the stem stays: ödedim; in the future a buffer y is inserted (ödeyeceğim) and k softens to ğ before a vowel. What you pay is the object: a particular thing takes the accusative (faturayı), an amount stays bare (yüz lira), and what the money is for goes before için.
| Person | Present (-iyor) | Past (-di) | Future (-ecek) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | ödüyorum | ödedim | ödeyeceğim |
| sen | ödüyorsun | ödedin | ödeyeceksin |
| o | ödüyor | ödedi | ödeyecek |
| biz | ödüyoruz | ödedik | ödeyeceğiz |
| siz | ödüyorsunuz | ödediniz | ödeyeceksiniz |
| onlar | ödüyorlar | ödediler | ödeyecekler |
Examples
- Hesabı ben ödüyorum.I am paying the bill.Hesabı is one particular bill, so it takes the accusative -ı. The pronoun ben stays here to stress who pays; it could be dropped.
- Dün akşam kirayı ödedik.We paid the rent last night.
- Yarın elektrik faturasını ödeyeceğim.I will pay the electricity bill tomorrow.
- ödüyorumI am payingödüyor-iyor / -ıyor / -uyor / -üyor: happening nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we areThe stem öde- loses its final e before -iyor, and the new vowel rounds to ü after ö: öd-üyor-um.
- ödedimI paidödedi-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)mPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
- ödeyeceğizwe will payödeyeceğ-ecek / -acak: will, going toiz-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- Kartla mı ödüyorsunuz?Are you paying by card?The question word mi is written apart and follows the word it asks about: kartla mı. The ending -la means "by means of".
- Biletler için yüz lira ödedim.I paid a hundred liras for the tickets.Yüz lira, an amount, stays without an ending. What the money is for goes before için.
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Watch out
Do not write the present with the stem vowel: ödeyorum and ödiyorum are wrong, the form is ödüyorum. The e comes back in the past (ödedim) and in the future (ödeyeceğim).
Try it yourself
Give the present-tense form for ben (I): am paying.
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ödüyorum
ödüyorum: the final e of öde- drops before -iyor and ü appears after ö; -um marks ben.
Give the past form for ben (I): paid.
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ödedim
ödedim: the stem does not change, -di starts with d after a vowel, and -m marks ben.
Give the future form for biz (we): we will pay.
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ödeyeceğiz
ödeyeceğiz: a buffer y follows the vowel e; the front vowel gives -ecek, and k softens to ğ before -iz.
Add the accusative to fatura (bill): I paid the bill.
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faturayı
faturayı: a particular bill takes the accusative; the buffer y follows the vowel a, and the back vowel a gives -ı.
Practice round
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Give the present-tense form for ben (I): am paying.
Give the past form for ben (I): paid.
Give the future form for biz (we): we will pay.
Add the accusative to fatura (bill): I paid the bill.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am paying
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I paid
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Write three sentences about something you pay for: one in the present, one in the past and one in the future. Underline the stem of each form and check what happened to its last vowel.