You will conjugate uçmak in the present, past and future and say where something or someone flies.
The idea
The stem uç- ends in a consonant and its last vowel is the back rounded u, so -iyor becomes -uyor: uçuyorum. The final ç is voiceless, so the past suffix begins with t: uçtum. The future -acak loses its k to ğ before a vowel (uçacağım), but the ç of the stem stays. Where something flies from takes -den (pencereden) and where it flies to takes -e (İzmir'e).
| Person | Present (-uyor) | Past (-tu) | Future (-acak) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | uçuyorum | uçtum | uçacağım |
| sen | uçuyorsun | uçtun | uçacaksın |
| o | uçuyor | uçtu | uçacak |
| biz | uçuyoruz | uçtuk | uçacağız |
| siz | uçuyorsunuz | uçtunuz | uçacaksınız |
| onlar | uçuyorlar | uçtular | uçacaklar |
Examples
- Kartal dağın üstünde uçuyor.The eagle is flying above the mountain.Dağın üstünde means 'above the mountain': the mountain takes the genitive -ın, and üstünde carries the locative. The verb stays last.
- Serçe pencereden uçtu.The sparrow flew out of the window.Pencereden uses the ablative -den for the place it leaves. The past is uçtu: after the voiceless ç the suffix begins with t, not d.
- İzmir'e yarın sabah uçacağım.I will fly to Izmir tomorrow morning.The place you fly to takes the dative: İzmir'e, with an apostrophe after the name. The pronoun is dropped because -ım already says 'I'. In -acak the k softens to ğ before the vowel.
- uçuyorumI am flyinguçuyor-iyor / -ıyor / -uyor / -üyor: happening nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we areAfter the back rounded vowel u, the present suffix -iyor turns into -uyor: uç-uyor-um.
- uçtumI flewuçtu-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)mPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -lerThe stem ends in the voiceless ç, so the past suffix starts with t and is rounded after u: uç-tu-m.
- uçacağımI will flyuçacağ-ecek / -acak: will, going toım-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we areThe back vowel u gives -acak, and its k softens to ğ before the vowel ı. The stem's ç does not change.
- Uçmaktan korkuyorum.I am afraid of flying.The basic form uçmak can take a case like a noun. Korkmak asks for the ablative, and after k the suffix is -tan: uçmaktan. This is a short preview of a later topic.
- Tatil çok çabuk uçtu.The holiday flew by very quickly.Uçmak is also used for time passing quickly, as English says 'flew by'. Tatil is the subject and needs no ending.
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Watch out
Do not use the voiced past of other verbs: uçdum is wrong, the form is uçtum. Only the k of the future suffix softens; ucacağım is wrong, the stem keeps its ç in uçacağım.
Try it yourself
Give the present-tense form for ben (I): am flying.
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uçuyorum
uçuyorum: the last vowel of uç- is the back rounded u, so -iyor becomes -uyor; -um marks ben.
Give the past form for ben (I): flew.
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uçtum
uçtum: ç is voiceless, so the past suffix starts with t and is rounded after u; -m marks ben.
Give the future form for biz (we): we will fly.
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uçacağız
uçacağız: the back vowel u gives -acak, and its k softens to ğ before the vowel of -ız; the stem's ç does not soften.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Give the present-tense form for ben (I): am flying.
Give the past form for ben (I): flew.
Give the future form for biz (we): we will fly.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am flying
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I flew
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