Yatmak describes lying down, being in a lying position, or going to bed. You will talk about bedtime habits, last night and your next evening, then compare getting into bed with lying in it.
The idea
Use erken yatmak for going to bed early and geç yatmak for going to bed late. The aorist yatarım suits a habit; yatmam is its negative. The stem keeps its t: yatıyorum, yattım, yatacağım. For “I am not lying down”, use yatmıyorum. Yatağa yatmak names the move into bed; yatakta yatmak describes lying in bed. The table shows forms with plural endings for onlar; a singular verb can also accompany this pronoun.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future | Aorist | Negative aorist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ben | yatıyorum | yattım | yatacağım | yatarım | yatmam |
| sen | yatıyorsun | yattın | yatacaksın | yatarsın | yatmazsın |
| o | yatıyor | yattı | yatacak | yatar | yatmaz |
| biz | yatıyoruz | yattık | yatacağız | yatarız | yatmayız |
| siz | yatıyorsunuz | yattınız | yatacaksınız | yatarsınız | yatmazsınız |
| onlar | yatıyorlar | yattılar | yatacaklar | yatarlar | yatmazlar |
Examples
- Ben genellikle erken yatarım.I usually go to bed early.
- Kedi şimdi kanepede yatıyor.The cat is lying on the sofa now.
- Bu gece erken yatacağız.We will go to bed early tonight.
- Dün yatağa yattım ama hemen uyumadım.Yesterday I went to bed but did not fall asleep straight away.
- Yatakta yatıyorum, kitap okuyorum.I am lying in bed, reading a book.
- Hafta sonları geç yatmam.I do not go to bed late at weekends.
- Sen de erken yatıyor musun?Do you also go to bed early?
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Watch out
Yattım does not by itself say that you fell asleep: Yattım ama uyumadım is possible. Use uyumak for sleeping. Do not treat the bed as a direct object: yatağa yatmak, not yatağı yatmak. In Sen de erken yatıyor musun?, both de and musun are separate words.
Try it yourself
Complete “I usually go to bed early” with the first-person singular aorist of yatmak.
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yatarım
yatarım: genellikle points to a routine, and the requested aorist of this verb uses -ar. The ending -ım identifies the speaker.
Complete “Yesterday I went to bed early” with the first-person singular definite past of yatmak.
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yattım
yattım: yesterday calls for the requested completed past. The stem ends in t, so the past ending starts with t too; both letters remain, followed by dotless ı.
Complete “I will go to bed early this evening” with the first-person singular future of yatmak.
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yatacağım
yatacağım: the plan is for this evening. In the first-person future, the k of -acak becomes ğ before the vowel of the personal ending; the stem’s t stays.
Put yatak in the dative: I am lying down in bed to rest. Express the movement into bed.
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yatağa
yatağa: the prompt asks for getting into bed, so the noun needs the dative. The final k in yatak becomes ğ before -a. Yatakta would describe the location.
Practice round
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Complete “I usually go to bed early” with the first-person singular aorist of yatmak.
Complete “Yesterday I went to bed early” with the first-person singular definite past of yatmak.
Complete “I will go to bed early this evening” with the first-person singular future of yatmak.
Put yatak in the dative: I am lying down in bed to rest. Express the movement into bed.
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 when you usually go to bed, when you went to bed yesterday and your plan for tonight. Add one sentence about lying in bed without sleeping. Then continue with dinlenmek.