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Usages of içmek
Lütfen bir fincan çay içiniz.
Please drink a cup of tea.
Çorbayı içiyoruz.
We are eating the soup.
Kahveyi iç.
Drink the coffee.
Çay iç.
Drink tea.
(Senin) suyunu iç.
Drink your water.
Sigara içmeyi bırakalım.
Let's quit smoking cigarettes.
(Ben) nadiren bira içiyorum.
I rarely drink beer.
Bu akşam içtikten sonra çok sarhoş olacağım.
After drinking tonight I will be very drunk.
Bütün şarabı içmişiz.
[Apparently] We drank all the wine.
In this example, you could also say "şarapları" to refer to multiple bottles of wine.
Akşamleyin annem ile çay içeceğiz.
(I) will drink tea with my mother in the evening.
Note that in Turkish the plural is often used when you say you are doing something with someone else, where in English you would use the singular.
Sağlığınız için yeni rakı için.
Drink new raki for your health.
içki
alcoholic beverage, booze, liquor
Onlar Fransızsa çok şarap içiyorlardır.
If they are French, they (probably) drink a lot of wine.
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