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Learn Turkish: çalmak - to play an instrument / to play a recording, music

Turkish
/Expressing desire (-mak istemek)
/çalmak

çalmak

Word

çalmak

Meaning

to play (an instrument) / to play (a recording, music)

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

Usages of çalmak

Gitar çalmak istiyor.

He wants to play the guitar.

Akşam gitar çalmak istiyor musun?

Do you want to play the guitar in the evening?

Liseden beri gitar çalıyorum.

I have been playing the guitar since high school.

Piyano çalma pratiği çok eğlenceli.

Piano playing practice is very fun.

Piyano çalmayı öğrenmiyorum.

I am not learning to play the piano.

O hem kaset hem plak çalıyordu.

He was playing both cassettes and vinyl records.

Hastane önünde korna çalarken polis onu gördü.

The police saw him while he was honking the horn in front of the hospital.

Gece korna çalarken ceza aldı.

He got a fine while honking the horn at night.

İster keman çal ister davul, bu okul herkes için.

Whether you play the violin or the drum, this school is for everyone.

Keman çalmak için nota öğrenmek zorundasın.

You have to learn musical notes to play the violin.

İster koro ile şarkı söyle ister flüt çal, müzik her zaman güzel.

Whether you sing with a choir or play the flute, music is always beautiful.

Hem koroya kaydolabilirsin hem de yeni bir enstrüman çalabilirsin.

You can both enroll in the choir and play a new instrument.

Hangi seviyede gitar çalabilirsin?

At which level can you play the guitar?

Hakem ıslık çaldı mı oyuncular durur.

As soon as the referee whistles, the players stop.

Rakip şut çekmesin diye ıslık çaldılar.

They whistled so that the opponent wouldn't take a shot.

'Can' diye bir gitarist şöhret kazanmadan önce burada çalmıştı.

A guitarist called 'Can' had played here before gaining fame.

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