oynamak: games, teams and acting roles
Backgammon with grandpa, a school team or a stage role: use oynamak, practise oynuyorum and oynayacağım, and choose çalmak for musical instruments.
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Turkish verbs
Learn each verb with its stem, tenses and common sentences, from olmak and gitmek to less frequent verbs.
Adventure journal
Turkish verbs
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Celebrating and congratulating in Turkish
A birthday party or a message of congratulations: practise the Turkish verb for both, with present, past and future forms and the person as a direct object.
Read and practiseçağırmak: call someone over or invite them
A kitchen summons or a breakfast invitation: çağırmak brings someone to a place or event. Practise its forms and distinguish inviting from phoning.
Read and practisetanımak: know someone, recognise someone
A familiar voice can be enough: tanımak means knowing someone or recognising them. Practise its forms and distinguish knowing a person from knowing their name.
Read and practisesevinmek: be glad about something
A welcome invitation brings out sevinmek: practise being glad about news, feeling happy for someone, and choosing the right forms and noun endings.
Read and practisekorkmak: be afraid and name the fear
Thunder, a vacuum cleaner or making mistakes: korkmak names a fear with the ablative. Practise its forms and distinguish being afraid from frightening someone.
Read and practisekızmak: getting angry with someone
Anger has a target: Turkish uses sana kızmak, not seni kızmak. Practise kızıyorum, kızdım, kızacağım and kızarım, then soften a request with lütfen kızma.
Read and practiseŞaşırmak: being surprised
An unexpected price can leave you surprised. Practise Turkish verb forms, name what surprises you, and distinguish feeling surprise from causing it.
Read and practiseüzülmek: feel sad or upset
A disappointing result calls for üzülmek: name what upsets you, express sympathy, and distinguish feeling sad from making someone else sad.
Read and practiseMissing people and places in Turkish
An empty chair at dinner can bring someone to mind. Express longing in Turkish, practise the main verb forms, and distinguish missing someone from missing a bus.
Read and practiseİnanmak: believing someone or something
A claim can sound convincing without being true. Use inanmak with the dative, practise its main forms, and distinguish believing someone from trusting them.
Read and practisegüvenmek: trust someone, trust yourself
Trust takes a dative in Turkish: sana güveniyorum. Practise güvenmek across tenses, express confidence in yourself, and distinguish trust from belief.
Read and practiseSeçmek: choosing an item from a set
A window seat or a blue pen? Practise seçmek across four tenses, name the item you choose and the group you choose from, and keep ç in the stem.
Read and practiseChanging and replacing things in Turkish
A new password, a revised plan, a larger shirt: practise changing and replacing things in Turkish, with verb forms and the difference between an action and a change.
Read and practisedeğişmek: when something changes
A new meeting time, a different colour: değişmek makes the changing thing the subject. Practise its forms and distinguish it from changing something yourself.
Read and practisehazırlamak: prepare something, get it ready
A meeting needs coffee, a trip needs packed bags: practise hazırlamak, its changing stem and the difference between preparing something and getting yourself ready.
Read and practiseuyanmak: wake up, then get out of bed
Awake before the alarm? Practise uyanmak for waking up, compare uyanırım with uyanıyorum, and distinguish waking up from waking another person.
Read and practiseGoing to bed and lying down in Turkish
Bedtime is not the same as falling asleep. Practise the Turkish verb for going to bed or lying down, its common forms, and the difference between direction and location.
Read and practisedinlenmek: rest without necessarily sleeping
A quiet half-hour on the balcony: use dinlenmek for rest, keep its final n, and practise past, future and habitual forms without confusing rest with listening.
Read and practisealışmak: getting used to something
A new job slowly feels familiar: use alışmak with a dative noun or an activity, and distinguish getting used to something from already being used to it.
Read and practiseulaşmak: reach a place, person or goal
A destination, a person on the phone, or information online: use ulaşmak with the dative, practise its forms, and distinguish reaching from being unable to reach.
Read and practisevarmak: arrive at a place, reach a conclusion
The end of a journey calls for varmak: practise arrival times, the destination ending and varır, then use the same verb to reach a conclusion.
Read and practiseyararlanmak: benefit from and draw on
A dictionary or someone’s experience can be a resource: use yararlanmak with the ablative, practise its forms and ask politely to use a facility.
Read and practiseVazgeçmek: giving up a plan or an activity
A plan abandoned, an attempt continued: use vazgeçmek with the ablative, distinguish giving up from pausing, and practise positive and negative forms.
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