You will conjugate pişirmek in the present, past and future and tell cooking something apart from food that cooks by itself.
The idea
Pişirmek is built from pişmek (to be cooked, to get done) plus the causative -ir-: piş-ir-mek, to make cook. The stem pişir- ends in a consonant, so nothing drops and no buffer is needed: pişiriyorum, pişirdim, and in the future pişireceğim, where k softens to ğ before a vowel. The cook is the subject and the food is the object: yemek pişiriyorum; a particular dish takes the accusative (balığı pişirdim).
| Person | Present (-iyor) | Past (-di) | Future (-ecek) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | pişiriyorum | pişirdim | pişireceğim |
| sen | pişiriyorsun | pişirdin | pişireceksin |
| o | pişiriyor | pişirdi | pişirecek |
| biz | pişiriyoruz | pişirdik | pişireceğiz |
| siz | pişiriyorsunuz | pişirdiniz | pişireceksiniz |
| onlar | pişiriyorlar | pişirdiler | pişirecekler |
Examples
- Annem şimdi yemek pişiriyor.My mother is cooking a meal now.Here yemek is a bare object: it means cooking in general, not one particular dish, so it takes no accusative.
- Dün akşam makarna pişirdim.I cooked pasta last night.
- Yarın misafirlere pilav pişireceğiz.Tomorrow we will cook rice for the guests.
- pişiriyorumI am cookingpişiriyor-iyor / -ıyor / -uyor / -üyor: happening nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- pişirdimI cookedpişirdi-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)mPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
- pişireceğizwe will cookpişireceğ-ecek / -acak: will, going toiz-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- Pilav kısık ateşte pişiyor.The rice is cooking on a low heat.Pişmek has no -ir-: the rice is the subject and cooks by itself, with nobody named as the cook.
- Balığı fırında pişirdim.I cooked the fish in the oven.The fish is a particular one, so balık takes the accusative, and its final k softens to ğ before the vowel: balığı.
- Yemek pişti, sofraya gelin.The food is ready, come to the table.Yemek pişti says the dish has finished cooking; the past of pişmek is pişti, with no -ir-.
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Watch out
Do not put the food in the subject slot with pişirmek. Pilav pişiriyor says the rice is cooking something; the rice cooking by itself is Pilav pişiyor. And pişiyorum does not mean I am cooking: it means I myself am being cooked, as in a joke about the heat.
Try it yourself
Give the present-tense form of pişirmek for ben (I): am cooking.
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pişiriyorum
pişiriyorum: the stem pişir- ends in the consonant r, so nothing drops before -iyor, and -um follows the o of -yor for ben.
Complete with the present tense of pişmek (to cook by itself): The rice is cooking on a low heat.
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pişiyor
pişiyor: pişmek has no -ir-; the rice is the subject and the consonant stem piş- simply takes -iyor.
Give the future form of pişirmek for biz (we): will cook.
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pişireceğiz
pişireceğiz: the stem ends in a consonant, so no buffer y appears; the front vowel gives -ecek, and k softens to ğ before -iz.
Give the past form of pişirmek for onlar (they): cooked.
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pişirdiler
pişirdiler: r is voiced, so the past ending is -di, and -ler marks the plural subject onlar.
Practice round
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Give the present-tense form of pişirmek for ben (I): am cooking.
Complete with the present tense of pişmek (to cook by itself): The rice is cooking on a low heat.
Give the future form of pişirmek for biz (we): will cook.
Give the past form of pişirmek for onlar (they): cooked.
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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 cooking
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I cooked
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Write three sentences: a person cooking a named dish in the present, the same person in the past, and a sentence with the food as subject using pişmek. Underline the stem of each verb.