Describe a trembling person or vibrating object without changing the basic verb.

The idea

The subject itself trembles or vibrates. Stem titre- becomes present titriyor, while past titredi and future titreyecek retain e.

Patterns to compare
PersonPresent continuousPastFuture
bentitriyorumtitredimtitreyeceğim
sentitriyorsuntitredintitreyeceksin
otitriyortitredititreyecek
biztitriyoruztitrediktitreyeceğiz
siztitriyorsunuztitrediniztitreyeceksiniz
onlartitriyorlartitredilertitreyecekler

Examples

  • Ellerim soğukta titriyor.My hands are trembling in the cold.
  • Dün pencerenin camı rüzgârda titredi.The windowpane shook in the wind yesterday.
  • Telefonum masanın üstünde titriyor.My phone is vibrating on the table.
  • Sahneye çıkmadan önce biraz titredim.I trembled a little before going on stage.
  • Lütfen masayı tut; masa titriyor.Please hold the table; it is shaking.
  • Soğukta yine titreyeceğiz.We will shiver again in the cold.

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Watch out

A phone that titriyor is vibrating, not feeling cold. The same Turkish verb needs different natural translations for different subjects.

Try it yourself

  1. Complete in the present continuous: Telefonum şu anda ___. (titremek)

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    titriyor

    titriyor: the phone is third person and is vibrating at the present moment.

  2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Ben dün sahneye çıkmadan önce ___. (titremek)

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    titredim

    titredim: the speaker’s earlier experience needs past -di and personal -m.

  3. Complete in the future tense: Biz yarın soğukta yine ___. (titremek)

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    titreyeceğiz

    titreyeceğiz: tomorrow selects the future, and the prediction includes “we”.

Use it today

Write one sentence about hands and another about a phone, using different tenses.