Sometimes people do things that are completely out of line, shocking, or impulsive. When someone acts with sudden audacity, English speakers might say they "up and did" or "went and did" something.
In Turkish, you can express this unexpected, brazen behavior using specific converbs placed before the main action of the sentence.
Up and Did: Kalkıp
The first of these converbs is kalkıp (literally "having gotten up"). When placed before another verb, it highlights that the action was sudden, unwarranted, or audacious.
| He went and snapped at the manager; I cannot understand this audacity. | Kalkıp müdürü tersledi, bu cüreti anlayamam. |
| She went and overstepped her bounds; everyone condemned her. | Kalkıp haddini aştı; herkes onu ayıpladı. |
| You cannot just up and snap at your teacher; know your place! | Kalkıp öğretmenini tersleyemezsin; haddini bil! |
Went and Did: Tutup
The second converb used for this exact same purpose is tutup (literally "having grabbed"). It functions interchangeably with kalkıp to emphasize that an action was surprisingly brazen.
| The boss went and arrogantly scolded the employee. | Patron tutup çalışanı küstahça azarladı. |
| He went and shamelessly cut me off. | Tutup arsızca lafımı böldü. |
The Vocabulary of Audacity
Because kalkıp and tutup highlight shocking behavior, they naturally pair with vocabulary describing social missteps. You will frequently see them used alongside words expressing audacity, such as the adverbs küstahça (arrogantly) and arsızca (shamelessly), or when condemning (ayıplamak) someone's fault (kabahat).
| They went and arrogantly condemned the poor woman. | Tutup zavallı kadını küstahça ayıpladılar. |
| He went and shamelessly denied his fault. | Tutup kabahatini arsızca inkâr etti. |
| You go and commit a fault, and then you condemn us! | Kalkıp kabahat işliyorsun, sonra bizi ayıplıyorsun! |