The Irregular Wide Tense (Geniş Zaman) Verb List
The famous thirteen irregular single syllable verbs in the Simple Present. Twelve of them end in -l or -r. The single exception is - sanmak - sanır - to suppose
Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Undotted Vowel Group A I O U
Note that all other verbs use the regular tense sign -ar - as an example - The Wide Tense (Geniş Zaman) Root of atmak - to throw - becomes - atar - as in - at-ar-ım - I throw
Infinitive
|
Wide Tense
(Geniş Zaman) |
Meaning
|
Causative
|
Meaning
|
| almak |
alır |
to take/get |
aldırmak |
to make take |
| bulmak |
bulur |
to find |
buldurmak |
to make find |
| durmak |
durur |
to stop/to halt |
durdurmak |
to make stop |
| kalmak |
kalır |
to remain/to stay |
kaldırmak |
to take away/to lift |
| olmak |
olur |
to be/to become |
oldurmak |
to make become |
| sanmak |
sanır |
to suppose |
(lacking) |
(no meaning) |
| varmak |
varır |
to arrive |
vardırmak |
to make arrive |
| vurmak |
vurur |
to strike/to hit |
vurdurmak |
to make strike |
Note that one of the duties that the Causative Verb form carries out is to make intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take an object) into a transitive verb (verbs that do take an object).
The verb - durmak - to stop/to halt - is such a word:
Araba caddede durdu - The car stopped in the street.
(No object in this sentence - it is intransitive)
Mehmet, arabayı caddede durdurdu - Mehmet stopped the car in the street.
(The object in this sentence is arabyı - the car - it is a transitive sentence)
Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Dotted Vowel Group - E İ Ö Ü
Note that all other verbs use the regular tense sign -er - as an example - The Wide Tense (Geniş Zaman) Root of geçmek - to pass - becomes - geçer - as in - geç-er-im - I pass
Infinitive
|
Wide Tense
(Geniş Zaman) |
Meaning
|
Causative
|
Meaning
|
| bilmek |
bilir |
to know how to |
bildirmek |
to make know |
| gelmek |
gelir |
to come |
geldirmek |
to make come |
| görmek |
görür |
to see |
göstermek |
to show |
| ölmek |
ölür |
to die |
öldürmek |
to kill |
| vermek |
verir |
to give |
verdirmek |
to make give |
Note that the translation of the Causative is literal here. We have to consider that in translation we may use a different verb in English.
If we look at the first example, the Causative of - "to know" - has been literally translated as - "to make know, to cause to know" - of course we may translate this verb into English as - "to notify, to publish etc..".
We must always bear this in mind when translating Causative Verbs from Turkish into English.
 Aidememoire - The Verb Stem of these Irregulars ends in an -l or an -r - with one exception - sanmak - to suppose - which ends in -n.
Many of these verbs are in common daily use, and should be committed to memory |
