etmek, the busiest light verb
You already use teşekkür etmek, davet etmek, dikkat etmek and a dozen more. Here are the remaining everyday ones, together with the bare nouns behind them.
hediye etmek is to give as a present — different from simply vermek, because it marks the giving as a gift. tahmin etmek is to guess or to predict, and ısrar etmek to insist.
The nouns behind the verbs
Three of these nouns are worth knowing on their own:
| noun | its verb |
|---|---|
| dikkat — attention, care | dikkat etmek — to pay attention |
| kontrol — check, control | kontrol etmek — to check |
| ihtiyaç — need | ihtiyaç duymak — to need |
Note that ihtiyaç takes duymak (to hear, to feel), not etmek. You can also say ihtiyacım var — I have a need — which is commoner still in speech.
Dikkat! on its own is the warning you will see on signs: Careful!
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