yoğurmak: kneading dough and modelling clay

The idea

Keep the full yoğur- stem: yoğuruyorum, yoğurdum, yoğuracağım. Use iki elimle to specify working with both hands.

Examples

• Ben hamuru iki elimle yoğuruyorum.I am kneading the dough with both hands.
• Dün ekmek hamurunu birlikte yoğurduk.Yesterday we kneaded the bread dough together.
• Yarın pizza hamurunu yoğuracağım.Tomorrow I will knead the pizza dough.
• Unla suyu karıştırdım, sonra hamuru yoğurdum.I mixed the flour and water, then kneaded the dough.
• Bu hamuru biraz daha yoğur.Knead this dough a little longer.
• Çocuk oyun hamurunu masada yoğuruyor.The child is kneading modelling dough on the table.

Watch out

Karıştırmak means mixing or stirring; it does not automatically mean kneading. Stirring a liquid soup is not yoğurmak.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Ben şimdi hamuru ___. (yoğurmak)

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   yoğuruyorum

   yoğuruyorum: the present action has the first-person ending because the subject is ben.

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Biz dün ekmek hamurunu ___. (yoğurmak)

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   yoğurduk

   yoğurduk: dün locates the event yesterday; final -k agrees with biz.

3. Complete in the future tense: Ben yarın pizza hamurunu ___. (yoğurmak)

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   yoğuracağım

   yoğuracağım: use the future requested in the exercise; its k becomes ğ before the vowel of the ben ending.

Use it today

Describe mixing flour and water, kneading the dough and then shaping it.