With saklamak, you can keep something for later or put it out of sight. The object and the surrounding sentence tell you which meaning fits. You will also name the person who is kept in the dark.
The idea
Saklamak takes an object: mektupları saklamak can mean keeping the letters, while hediyeyi senden saklamak means hiding the gift from you. The person it is hidden from takes the ablative: senden, bizden. Compare the forms saklıyorum, sakladım, saklayacağım and saklarım. The final vowel of sakla- narrows before -yor; the future retains it and adds y.
| Tense: I | Affirmative | Negative | Question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present continuous | saklıyorum | saklamıyorum | saklıyor muyum? |
| Past | sakladım | saklamadım | sakladım mı? |
| Future | saklayacağım | saklamayacağım | saklayacak mıyım? |
| Aorist | saklarım | saklamam | saklar mıyım? |
Examples
- Eski mektupları kutuda saklıyorum.I keep the old letters in a box.
- Hediyeyi senden sakladık.We hid the gift from you.
- Bu defteri hatıra olarak saklayacağım.I will keep this notebook as a memento.
- Bana gönderdiğin fotoğrafları hâlâ saklıyorum.I still keep the photos you sent me.
- Beğendiğim tarifleri ayrı bir defterde saklarım.I keep recipes I like in a separate notebook.
- Gerçeği bizden saklamanın bir anlamı yok.There is no point in hiding the truth from us.
- Çocuk perdenin arkasına saklandı, oyuncağını ise kutuya sakladı.The child hid behind the curtain, but hid their toy in a box.
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Watch out
Do not use saklamak alone to mean hiding yourself: Çocuk oyuncağı sakladı says that the child hid the toy; Çocuk saklandı says that the child hid. Nor does keeping letters necessarily imply secrecy: saklamak can simply mean not throwing them away.
Try it yourself
Complete with the present continuous of saklamak for “I”: I keep the old letters in a box.
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saklıyorum
saklıyorum: the subject is “I” and the prompt asks for the present continuous. The letters are what you keep; the verb has dotless ı before yor and -um for the speaker.
Put ben in the right case: do not hide this news from me.
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benden
benden: the news is being concealed from the speaker. Ben therefore becomes benden; bana would mark a recipient or direction, not the person it is hidden from.
Use the future of saklamak for “I”: I will keep this notebook as a memento.
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saklayacağım
saklayacağım: this is a plan to keep the notebook as a memento. The future has linking y, and its k becomes ğ before the first-person ending; saklayacak alone would mean “he/she will keep”.
Choose sakladı or saklandı: the child hid behind the curtain so that nobody would see them.
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saklandı
saklandı: the child wants to avoid being seen and hides personally. No separate object is being concealed here; sakladı would instead describe hiding something or someone.
Practice round
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Complete with the present continuous of saklamak for “I”: I keep the old letters in a box.
Put ben in the right case: do not hide this news from me.
Use the future of saklamak for “I”: I will keep this notebook as a memento.
Choose sakladı or saklandı: the child hid behind the curtain so that nobody would see them.
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 short account of an object you kept as a memento and a gift you hid from someone. Give the reason for each action and use at least two different tense forms.