silkelemek: shake out cloth and shake off dirt

The idea

The object can be the cloth, havluyu silkele, or the material removed, ceketimdeki karı silkeledim. The present narrows final e: silkeliyorum.

Examples

• Ben paspası bahçede silkeliyorum.I am shaking out the doormat in the garden.
• Dün piknik örtüsünü dışarıda silkeledik.Yesterday we shook out the picnic blanket outside.
• Yarın yıkamadan önce kilimi silkeleyeceğim.Tomorrow I will shake out the rug before washing it.
• Ceketimdeki karı silkeledim.I shook the snow off my jacket.
• Havluyu silkele; üstünde kum var.Shake out the towel; there is sand on it.
• Masa örtüsünü çöp kutusunun üstünde silkeledim.I shook out the tablecloth over the bin.

Watch out

Shaking out is not washing. A sentence with silkelemek alone does not say that water or detergent was used.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi paspası ___. (silkelemek)

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   silkeliyorum

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

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün örtüyü ___. (silkelemek)

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   silkeledik

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

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın kilimi ___. (silkelemek)

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   silkeleyeceğim

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

Use it today

Describe shaking out a sandy towel and shaking snow off a jacket; change which noun is the object.