yuvarlanmak: rolling and tumbling

The idea

Use -dan/-den for the starting point and the dative for the destination: masadan yere yuvarlandı.

Examples

• Top şimdi yerde yavaşça yuvarlanıyor.The ball is slowly rolling on the floor now.
• Dün elma masadan yere yuvarlandı.Yesterday the apple rolled off the table onto the floor.
• Bu top eğimli yolda aşağı yuvarlanacak.This ball will roll down the sloping path.
• Çocuk çimenlerin üstünde yuvarlandı.The child rolled on the grass.
• Kutu kayıyor ama yuvarlanmıyor.The box is sliding but not rolling.
• Bozuk para biraz yuvarlandı, sonra durdu.The coin rolled a little, then stopped.

Watch out

Kaymak can describe sliding without turning over. Yuvarlanmak includes rotation; it does not simply mean moving down.

Try it yourself

1. Complete in the present continuous: Top şimdi yerde ___. (yuvarlanmak)

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   yuvarlanıyor

   yuvarlanıyor: use the requested present form; a third-person singular subject needs no added personal ending.

2. Complete in the definite past (-di): Elma dün yere ___. (yuvarlanmak)

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   yuvarlandı

   yuvarlandı: the exercise requests the definite past; keep third-person singular agreement with the named subject.

3. Complete in the future tense: Top aşağı ___. (yuvarlanmak)

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   yuvarlanacak

   yuvarlanacak: the third-person future keeps its final k because no vowel-initial personal ending follows it.

Use it today

Describe where an apple starts, where it rolls and where it stops.