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To describe actions that someone just won't stop doing—often to the point of annoyance or frustration—Turkish uses a special compound verb structure.

### The Continuous Repetition Pattern: -(y)ıp durmak

To express that someone "keeps on" doing something, attach the **-(y)ıp / -(y)ip / -(y)up / -(y)üp** suffix to the main verb, followed by the auxiliary verb **durmak**.

While **durmak** usually means "to stop," in this structure it means the exact opposite: an action is happening continuously without stopping.

For example, **saçmalamak** (to talk nonsense) + **-(y)ıp** + **durmak** becomes **saçmalayıp durmak** (to keep on talking nonsense).

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### Conjugating the Compound

The main verb keeps its **-(y)ip** suffix permanently. All tense and personal suffixes are added only to **durmak**. You can conjugate the repetition in any tense, or even use it as a negative command by making **durmak** imperative.

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### Dealing with Trolls

This pattern is perfect for complaining about annoying behavior on a **forum**, like a **trol** (troll) hiding behind an **anonim** (anonymous) **profil** (profile). 

When this happens, you might need to use actions like **engellemek** (to block) or **görmezden gelmek** (to ignore).

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Continuous repetition (-ip durmak)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

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The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
post	paylaşım
to talk nonsense	saçmalamak
He keeps on talking nonsense in every post.	Her paylaşımda saçmalayıp duruyor.
troll	trol
to provoke	kışkırtmak
The troll has been continuously provoking everyone for three hours.	Trol üç saattir herkesi kışkırtıp duruyor.
anonymous	anonim
to insult	hakaret etmek
Some anonymous troll keeps on insulting people.	Herhangi bir anonim trol insanlara hakaret edip duruyor.
profile	profil
to block	engellemek
I keep on blocking his profile.	Onun profilini engelleyip duruyorum.
to ignore	görmezden gelmek
Ignore these trolls, otherwise you will get very angry.	Bu trolleri görmezden gel, yoksa çok kızacaksın.
forum	forum
Can you please make a new post on the forum?	Lütfen forumda yeni bir paylaşım yapar mısın?
He has been continuously provoking us for days, block him!	Günlerdir bizi kışkırtıp duruyor, onu engelle!
Was he continuously talking nonsense on the forum last night?	Dün gece forumda saçmalayıp duruyor muydu?
I keep on ignoring the anonymous profiles.	Anonim profilleri görmezden gelip duruyorum.
Trolls keep on making bad posts.	Troller kötü paylaşımlar yapıp duruyor.
Do not keep on insulting me!	Bana hakaret edip durma!