Use yükselmek to describe upward movement or a higher level: a balloon, water, temperature or the volume of voices. Start with the forms for o and biz in the table.
The idea
The thing that becomes higher is the subject of yükselmek. A starting value takes the ablative and the value reached takes the dative: on sekiz dereceden yirmi iki dereceye. The stem is yüksel-; its final vowel is e, giving yükseliyor and yükselir. In yükseleceğiz, the future ending’s k becomes ğ before the person ending.
| Form | o | biz |
|---|---|---|
| Present continuous | yükseliyor | yükseliyoruz |
| Aorist / habitual | yükselir | yükseliriz |
| Past | yükseldi | yükseldik |
| Future | yükselecek | yükseleceğiz |
| Negative present continuous | yükselmiyor | yükselmiyoruz |
| Negative past | yükselmedi | yükselmedik |
| Present continuous question | yükseliyor mu? | yükseliyor muyuz? |
Examples
- Balon yavaşça yükseliyor.The balloon is rising slowly.
- Su seviyesi gece yükseldi.The water level rose during the night.
- Sesler birden yükseldi.The voices suddenly grew louder.
- Sıcaklık on sekiz dereceden yirmi iki dereceye yükseldi.The temperature rose from eighteen to twenty-two degrees.
- Bu asansör en üst kata kadar yükselir.This lift goes up as far as the top floor.
- Yarın balonla daha yükseğe yükseleceğiz.Tomorrow we will rise higher in a balloon.
- Su seviyesi artık yükselmiyor.The water level is no longer rising.
- Görevli platformu biraz yükseltti.The attendant raised the platform a little.
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Watch out
Do not give yükselmek a direct object when you mean to raise something. Platform yükseldi describes the platform’s movement; Görevli platformu yükseltti names the person causing it. Use yükseltmek in the second sentence. Also, rising to twenty-two degrees does not mean rising by twenty-two degrees.
Try it yourself
Complete with the present continuous: the balloon is rising right now.
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yükseliyor
yükseliyor: şu anda places the movement in progress now. The subject is the balloon, so there is no first-person ending; the stem’s final e selects i before yor.
Use the future for “we”: tomorrow we will rise higher in a balloon.
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yükseleceğiz
yükseleceğiz: yarın sets the future and biz calls for “we”. Adding the person ending changes yükselecek to yükseleceğiz; keep the ğ.
Add the ending that marks the final temperature: from eighteen to twenty-two degrees.
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dereceye
dereceye: twenty-two is the endpoint, so derece takes the dative, with y between two vowels. The increase is four degrees, not twenty-two.
Choose the verb and use the past: the attendant made the platform a little higher.
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yükseltti
yükseltti: the attendant causes the movement, and platformu is the object affected. The past of yükseltmek has tt: the stem ends in t and the past ending starts with t.
Practice round
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Complete with the present continuous: the balloon is rising right now.
Use the future for “we”: tomorrow we will rise higher in a balloon.
Add the ending that marks the final temperature: from eighteen to twenty-two degrees.
Choose the verb and use the past: the attendant made the platform a little higher.
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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Describe a balloon’s movement now and tomorrow. Then invent two temperature readings and write the change from the first to the second. Finally, contrast a rising platform with someone raising it.