Use ulaşmak when a journey, a message or an attempt at contact reaches its endpoint. It also describes achieving a goal or accessing information. The table gives affirmative forms for six persons.
The idea
The endpoint takes the dative: köye ulaşmak, sana ulaşmak, hedefe ulaşmak. Accessing information uses the same pattern: bilgilere ulaşmak. The stem ulaş- keeps ş: ulaşıyorum, ulaştım, ulaşırım. In the future, write ulaşacağım and ulaşacağız, with ğ, but ulaşacak. Useful negatives are ulaşmıyorum, ulaşmadım and ulaşmam. Write the question separately: ulaştın mı?
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | ulaşıyorum | ulaştım | ulaşacağım | ulaşırım |
| sen | ulaşıyorsun | ulaştın | ulaşacaksın | ulaşırsın |
| o | ulaşıyor | ulaştı | ulaşacak | ulaşır |
| biz | ulaşıyoruz | ulaştık | ulaşacağız | ulaşırız |
| siz | ulaşıyorsunuz | ulaştınız | ulaşacaksınız | ulaşırsınız |
| onlar | ulaşıyorlar | ulaştılar | ulaşacaklar | ulaşırlar |
Examples
- Dün köye ulaştık.We reached the village yesterday.
- Sonunda sana ulaştım.I finally got through to you.
- Mesajım bugün size ulaştı.My message reached you today.
- Bu yoldan göle ulaşabilirsiniz.You can reach the lake by this road.
- Yarın hedefimize ulaşacağız.We will reach our goal tomorrow.
- Bu bağlantıdan bilgilere ulaşabilirsiniz.You can access the information through this link.
- Otobüs merkeze kaç dakikada ulaşır?How many minutes does the bus take to reach the centre?
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Watch out
Seni aradım says that I called you; sana ulaştım says that I got through to you. Notice the different case. If contact was impossible, use sana ulaşamadım; sana ulaşmadım merely says that I did not reach you, without explicitly expressing inability.
Try it yourself
Put “you” in the dative: I finally got through to you.
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sana
sana: the person addressed is the endpoint of the contact. The dative of sen is sana; seni would fit aramak, not this verb.
Use the affirmative past for “we”: we reached the village yesterday.
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ulaştık
ulaştık: the prompt asks for a completed event yesterday with “we”. After ş, the past begins with t; the final -k identifies the group including the speaker.
Use the affirmative future for “I”: I will reach the village tomorrow.
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ulaşacağım
ulaşacağım: the speaker predicts a future arrival. The k of ulaşacak becomes ğ before the vowel of the first-person ending.
Nobody answered the phone. Complete with “I could not reach you”, expressing past inability.
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ulaşamadım
ulaşamadım: nobody answered, so the speaker could not establish contact. Ulaşmadım would report only that contact did not happen.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Put “you” in the dative: I finally got through to you.
Use the affirmative past for “we”: we reached the village yesterday.
Use the affirmative future for “I”: I will reach the village tomorrow.
Nobody answered the phone. Complete with “I could not reach you”, expressing past inability.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write about reaching a place yesterday, contacting someone today and reaching a goal tomorrow. Then turn the contact sentence into an unsuccessful attempt and check the dative each time.