Turkish

<p>The <strong>present continuous</strong> is used to describe an action that is currently going on. To form the present continuous of a verb, follow the following three steps:</p>

<ol>
	<li>Find the stem by dropping <strong>mEk</strong> from the end of the verb.</li>
	<li>If the last letter of the stem is a vowel, drop it.</li>
	<li>Add the ending for the present continuous, depending on the person who is performing the action.</li>
</ol>

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			<th></th>
			<th>Singular</th>
			<th>Plural</th>
		</tr>
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		<tr>
			<td>First person</td>
			<td>İyorum</td>
			<td>İyoruz</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Second person</td>
			<td>İyorsun</td>
			<td>İyorsunuz</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Third person</td>
			<td>İyor</td>
			<td>İyor(lar)</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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<p>
	The <strong>lar</strong> ending is optional for animate beings and is not used for objects.
	The <strong>lar</strong> ending is most often used when the subjects are humans.
</p>

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			<td>The books are falling.</td>
			<td>Kitaplar düşüyor.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>The cats are falling.</td>
			<td>Kediler düşüyor(lar).</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>The children are falling.</td>
			<td>Çocuklar düşüyor(lar).</td>
		</tr>
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<p>
	See the table below for a reminder of how to replace <strong>İ</strong> according to major vowel harmony.
</p>

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			<td>If the last vowel after step 2 is</td>
			<td><strong>i</strong> or <strong>e</strong></td>
			<td><strong>ı</strong> or <strong>a</strong></td>
			<td><strong>u</strong> or <strong>o</strong></td>
			<td><strong>ü</strong> or <strong>ö</strong></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>replace İ by</td>
			<td><strong>i</strong></td>
			<td><strong>ı</strong></td>
			<td><strong>u</strong></td>
			<td><strong>ü</strong></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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<p>
	Below are some examples for creating the present continuous:
</p>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Infinitive</th>
			<th>Stem</th>
			<th>Drop trailing vowel</th>
			<th>Personal ending</th>
		</tr>
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			<td>I am walking.</td>
			<td>yürümek</td>
			<td>yürü</td>
			<td>yür</td>
			<td>Yürüyorum.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>You are drinking.</td>
			<td>içmek</td>
			<td>iç</td>
			<td>iç</td>
			<td>İçiyorsun.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>She is saying.</td>
			<td>söylemek</td>
			<td>söyle</td>
			<td>söyl</td>
			<td>Söylüyor.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>We are selling.</td>
			<td>satmak</td>
			<td>sat</td>
			<td>sat</td>
			<td>Satıyoruz.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>You are sitting.</td>
			<td>oturmak</td>
			<td>otur</td>
			<td>otur</td>
			<td>Oturuyorsunuz.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>They are reading.</td>
			<td>okumak</td>
			<td>oku</td>
			<td>ok</td>
			<td>Okuyor(lar).</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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<p>
	As you can see, we can make sentences in Turkish without using the personal pronouns <strong>ben</strong>, <strong>sen</strong>, etc.
	If we do use personal pronouns, extra emphasis is added to the person performing the action.
</p>

<p>
	With the verbs <strong>demek</strong> and <strong>yemek</strong>, there is no vowel left after taking the stem and dropping the trailing vowel.
	In this case, we use the vowel <strong>i</strong>.
</p>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Infinitive</th>
			<th>Stem</th>
			<th>Drop trailing vowel</th>
			<th>Personal ending</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>I am saying.</td>
			<td>demek</td>
			<td>de</td>
			<td>d</td>
			<td>Diyorum.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>You are eating.</td>
			<td>yemek</td>
			<td>ye</td>
			<td>y</td>
			<td>Yiyorsun.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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The present continuous

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	yapmak
Meaning	to do; to make
Part of speech	VERB - auxiliary
Pronunciation

to have breakfast	kahvaltı yapmak
What are you doing?	(Sen) ne yapıyorsun?
to massage	masaj yapmak
to exercise, to workout	spor yapmak
I did that.	Ben onu yaptım.
In the last three days I haven't done anything.	(Ben) son üç günde hiçbir şey yapmadım.
What will you do?	(Sen) ne yapacaksın?
Let's not do this.	Bunu yapmayalım.
Do your homework after coming home from school.	Okuldan eve geldikten sonra ödevini yap.
to take a bath, to bathe	banyo yapmak
What are you going to do with so many books?	O kadar kitap ile ne yapacaksın?
They don't cook at home.	Onlar evde yemek yapmaz(lar).
to vaccinate^SOMEONE	aşı yapmak
to bargain	pazarlık yapmak
to shop	alışveriş yapmak
I'll do it.	Ben onu yaparım.
to cook	yemek yapmak
You must do your homework.	Ödevlerini yapmalısın. You might be wondering why we used the plural here. If you say "Ödevini yapmalısın.", it sounds like you are referring to a specific homework assignment. If you say "Ödevlerini yapmalısın.", you are talking about homework in general.
That's how we do it. [Lit.] This work is done this way.	Bu iş böyle yapılır.
[Apparently] German engineers built this machine.	Bu makineyi Alman mühendisler yapmışlar.
If you do your homework we can play soccer.	Ödevini yapsan futbol oynayabiliriz.
to be done; to be made	yapılmak
Can you do me a favor?	Bana bir iyilik yapabilir misin?
Do favour, find favour.^{TURKISH PROVERB}	İyilik yap, iyilik bul.
Don't be such a Kamil. [Lit.] Don't do Kamilness.	Kamillik yapma.
to interview	röportaj yapmak
I can do this myself	Bunu kendim yapabilirim.
You should do the homework by yourselves.	Ödevi kendi kendinize yapmalısınız.
Hopefully she did her homework.	İnşallah ödevini yapmıştır.
I have to do my job, otherwise Erik will fire me.	İşimi yapmak zorundayım yoksa Erik beni kovar.
We do nothing for Kamil.	Kamil için hiçbir şey yapmıyoruz.
Successful^good businesses make creative ads.	İyi işletmeler yaratıcı reklamlar yapar.
My homework that you will do	Yapacağın ödevim
You could make the sale thanks to our connections.	Satışı bizim bağlantılarımız sayesinde yapabildiniz.
You used to workout, now you don't anymore.	Eskiden spor yapardınız, artık yapmıyorsunuz.
[Lit.] Did you thing'd the trash?	Çöpü şey yaptın mı?
The teacher gave us thingies to do at home.	Evde yapmamız için öğretmen bize şey verdi.
They are going to thing the thingie.	Şeyi şey yapacaklar.
When it snowed we used to make snowmen.	Kar yağdığında kardan adamlar yapardık.
If they are not hard they do all the exercises.	Zor değilse bütün alıştırmaları yaparlar.
to practice	alıştırma yapmak
If you want food, cook (do) it yourself.	Yemek istiyorsan kendin yap.
[Lit.] If there isn't one of these ingredients, we can't make a cake.	Bu malzemelerden biri yoksa pasta yapamayız.

Turkish

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Usages of yapmak

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