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In the previous lesson, you have seen how regular verbs are conjugated in aorist. Now in this lesson, you will learn about the infamous 13 irregular verbs. There are 13 verbs in Turkish that are monosyllabic, but are conjugated as if they are polysyllabic, taking -(İ)r as tense suffix.

English	Turkish
to take; to get	almak
to know	bilmek
to find	bulmak
to stop	durmak
to come	gelmek
to see	görmek
to stay	kalmak
to be, to become, to happen	olmak
to die	ölmek
to think	sanmak
to arrive	varmak
to give	vermek
to hit	vurmak

Notice how the verbs are basic and frequently used, so you should know these exceptions well.

Question	Answer
to stop	durmak
to hit	vurmak
to think, to suppose; to falsely believe	sanmak
I will pick you up from the school.	Okuldan seni alırım.
He knows Russians well.	Rusları iyi bilir.
You always find me.	Beni hep bulursunuz.
Cars stop at the red lights.	Kırmızı ışıkta arabalar durur.
This bus always comes late.	Bu otobüs hep geç gelir.
Some nights we see our father.	Bazı gecelerde babamızı görürüz.
From time to time Kamil stays with us.	Arada sırada Kamil bizde kalır.
Buy cheap, sell high, then you will become rich.	Ucuz al, pahalı sat, o zaman zengin olursun.
In the south soldiers die early.	Güneyde askerler erken ölür.
Cansu will arrive here in the evening.	Cansu akşam varır buraya.
We give water to the dog everyday.	Her gün köpeğe su veririz.
Bad mothers hit their children.	Kötü anneler çocuklarına vururlar.
We have a little sugar I think.	Biraz şekerimiz var sanırım.

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