Word
Çok acıkıyorum, kahvaltı istiyorum.
Meaning
I'm getting really hungry, I want breakfast.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Çok acıkıyorum, kahvaltı istiyorum.
çok
very
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
kahvaltı
breakfast
acıkmak
to get hungry
Questions & Answers about Çok acıkıyorum, kahvaltı istiyorum.
In English, "hungry" is an adjective. Why does acıkıyorum look like a verb?
In Turkish, acıkmak is a verb that means "to get hungry." Instead of using "hungry" as a describing word with "I am", you use this verb in the present continuous tense (-ıyor) to express the action of "getting hungry."
The verb for "to want" is istemek. Why is it spelled istiyorum instead of "isteyorum"?
When a verb root ends in a vowel (like the e in iste-), that final vowel drops or narrows to match the continuous -iyor suffix. Here, the e changes to i for vowel harmony, giving us istiyorum.
How would I make istiyorum negative ("I don't want") using the negative suffix we are learning?
You add a negative suffix right before -yor. The negative suffix for verbs is usually -me or -ma, but the -yor ending forces that vowel to narrow to -mi, -mı, -mu, or -mü. So, iste- + me + yor + um becomes istemiyorum (I don't want).
Where is the word for "I" (ben) in this sentence?