Use temizlemek to describe removing dirt from a surface or cleaning a room. The table lets you move from a job in progress to a finished task, a plan or a regular chore.
The idea
The stem is temizle-: its final e narrows in temizliyorum, but remains in temizledim and temizlerim. The future has a linking y: temizleyeceğim. The negative present is temizlemiyorum. A specific thing being cleaned takes the accusative: mutfak becomes mutfağı, with k changing to ğ. The table shows plural verb forms with onlar; singular verb forms are also possible with this plural subject.
| Subject | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist | Negative present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | temizliyorum | temizledim | temizleyeceğim | temizlerim | temizlemiyorum |
| sen | temizliyorsun | temizledin | temizleyeceksin | temizlersin | temizlemiyorsun |
| o | temizliyor | temizledi | temizleyecek | temizler | temizlemiyor |
| biz | temizliyoruz | temizledik | temizleyeceğiz | temizleriz | temizlemiyoruz |
| siz | temizliyorsunuz | temizlediniz | temizleyeceksiniz | temizlersiniz | temizlemiyorsunuz |
| onlar | temizliyorlar | temizlediler | temizleyecekler | temizlerler | temizlemiyorlar |
Examples
- Ben aynayı temizliyorum.I am cleaning the mirror.
- Annem fırını temizledi.My mother cleaned the oven.
- Biz balkonu temizleyeceğiz.We will clean the balcony.
- Her akşam tezgâhı temizlerim.I clean the kitchen counter every evening.
- Bugün camları temizlemiyorum.I am not cleaning the windows today.
- Önce odayı topla, sonra zemini temizle.First tidy the room, then clean the floor.
- Mutfağı temizledin mi?Did you clean the kitchen?
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Watch out
Putting scattered books away is odayı toplamak (tidying the room). Removing dirt is odayı temizlemek. These can be two stages of the same chore; simply putting things in order does not necessarily make a surface clean.
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Complete with “I am cleaning”: the action is happening now.
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temizliyorum
temizliyorum: şu anda places the action in progress now, and the speaker is ben. The narrowed vowel is i; the ending -um identifies the speaker.
Use the future form for “we”: we will clean the balcony tomorrow.
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temizleyeceğiz
temizleyeceğiz: tomorrow is a future plan for biz. A linking y separates the vowels, and the future ending’s k becomes ğ before the vowel of -iz.
Use the aorist for “you” (one person): you clean the oven every week.
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temizlersin
temizlersin: the weekly routine calls for the aorist, and sen needs -sin. The stem already ends in a vowel, so the aorist adds just r.
Choose the verb: we removed the dirt from the floor, and no stains remain.
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temizledik
temizledik: the absence of stains shows that dirt was removed. Topladık would describe gathering or tidying things, not this result; -dik places the action in the past with “we”.
Practice round
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Complete with “I am cleaning”: the action is happening now.
Use the future form for “we”: we will clean the balcony tomorrow.
Use the aorist for “you” (one person): you clean the oven every week.
Choose the verb: we removed the dirt from the floor, and no stains remain.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe one cleaning job you do regularly, one you are doing now and one planned for tomorrow. Then add a separate sentence about putting things away with toplamak.