sallanmak: swinging, swaying and wobbling

The idea

Keep the stem sallan- before tense endings: sallanıyor, sallandı, sallanacak. A location can take -da/-de.

Examples

• Ben bahçedeki hamakta sallanıyorum.I am swinging in the hammock in the garden.
• Dün parkta yan yana sallandık.Yesterday we swung side by side in the park.
• Yarın biraz hamakta sallanacağım.Tomorrow I will swing in the hammock for a while.
• İnce dal rüzgârda sallanıyor.The thin branch is swaying in the wind.
• Bu masa sallanıyor; bir ayağı kısa.This table wobbles; one leg is short.
• Anahtarlık çantanın kenarında sallanıyor.The key ring is swinging from the side of the bag.

Watch out

Sallanmak describes the subject’s motion, even when wind causes it. Sallamak names moving another object.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi hamakta ___. (sallanmak)

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   sallanıyorum

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

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün parkta ___. (sallanmak)

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   sallandık

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

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın hamakta ___. (sallanmak)

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   sallanacağım

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

Use it today

Describe a swing, a branch and a table; identify what moves and where.