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Lesson 129: Reciprocal voice suffix -(İ)ş
In Turkish the suffix -(İ)ş is attached to transitive and intransitive verbs and it conveys a meaning of an action being done together. When it combines with a transitive verb like öpmek, to kiss, it shows reciprocity. For example
| John Mary'yi öptü, Mary John'u öptü. Öpüştüler. | John kissed Mary, Mary kissed John. They kissed. |
Some verbs in Turkish have -(İ)ş at the end by default, and they cannot take another -(I)ş. For example barışmak means to make peace, and there is no barışışmak.
Also some other verbs like tutmak (to hold, to keep) can take -(İ)ş but they can have a very different meaning, tutuşmak means to catch fire. Therefore you need to be careful when using this suffix, it might not mean what you think it means.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to discuss, to negotiate; to interview | görüşmek |
| to kiss | öpmek |
| to kiss each other | öpüşmek |
| to make love | sevişmek |
| to meet with each other, to get together, to convene | buluşmak |
| event, incident, happening, phenomenon | olay |
| After the events, the congress convened. | Olaylardan sonra meclis buluştu. |
| I know that Kamil (in his life) never made love. | Ben biliyorum ki Kamil hayatında hiç sevişmedi. |
| to run away, to flee | kaçmak |
| to flee together, to run away in many directions together | kaçışmak |
| After the bombing incidentsLiterally: Explosion events everyone fled together. | Patlama olaylarından sonra herkes kaçıştı. |
| glance, look; point of view | bakış |
| to look at each other | bakışmak |
| My elder brother and his girlfriend are looking at each other. | Abimle kızarkadaşı bakışıyor. |
| to agree, to come to terms, to understand each other | anlaşmak |
| Cansu and you, you understood each other well. | Cansu ve sen iyi anlaştınız. |
| kindergarten | anaokulu |
| to laugh together | gülüşmek |
| In preschool, little kids always laugh together. | Anaokulunda küçük çocuklar hep gülüşürler. |
| to discuss, to converse, to chat | söyleşmek |
| to fight | dövüşmek |
| When they are little, male siblings sometimes fight. | Erkek kardeşler küçükken bazen dövüşürler. |
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