B1 · 64 words
Verbs for B1 in Turkish
Getting used to and giving up, achieving and preventing, comparing and deciding, worrying and feeling relieved.
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With these verbs, learn the case together with the meaning, because it rarely matches the English preposition: you get used “to” something with the dative (işe alışmak), give up and keep away “from” with the ablative (geziden vazgeçmek, tuzdan kaçınmak), and deal “with” something with -le (bilgisayarla uğraşmak). Many pairs differ by just one syllable: oluşmak “to form, to come about” and oluşturmak “to form, to create”, gelişmek “to develop” and geliştirmek “to develop, to improve” — the longer one takes an object.
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Verb (63)
alışmakto get used toVerbB1
To what: dative, soğuğa alışmak.
vazgeçmekto give up, to drop (a plan)VerbB1
What: ablative. Aorist vazgeçer.
sağlamakto provide, to ensureVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite; for whom: dative.
sunmakto present, to offerVerbB1
What: accusative; to whom: dative. Aorist sunar.
kaçınmakto avoidVerbB1
What: ablative.
fark etmekto notice; to make a differenceVerbB1
What: accusative. Fark etmez. “It does not matter.”
hayal etmekto imagine, to dream ofVerbB1
What: accusative.
dilemekto wishVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite; for whom: dative. Aorist diler.
ummakto hopeVerbB1
“To hope that”: verbal noun in -mesini. Aorist umar.
elde etmekto achieve, to obtainVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite.
başarmakto succeed, to manageVerbB1
What: accusative, often a verbal noun: -meyi başarmak.
çabalamakto strive, to make an effortVerbB1
uğraşmakto struggle with, to deal withVerbB1
With what: -le.
zorlamakto force, to pushVerbB1
Whom: accusative; to do what: dative.
zorlanmakto have difficulty, to struggleVerbB1
With what: locative or -mekte, anlamakta zorlanıyorum.
engellemekto block, to hinderVerbB1
What: accusative.
yasaklamakto ban, to forbidVerbB1
What: accusative. The adjective: yasak “forbidden”.
önlemekto preventVerbB1
What: accusative. Aorist önler.
etkilemekto affect; to impressVerbB1
Whom, what: accusative.
değerlendirmekto make use of; to evaluateVerbB1
What: accusative.
karşılaştırmakto compareVerbB1
What: accusative; with what: -le.
tercih etmekto preferVerbB1
What: accusative; to what: dative, çayı kahveye tercih ederim “I prefer tea to coffee”.
belirlemekto set, to determineVerbB1
What: accusative.
düzenlemekto organise, to arrangeVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite.
ait olmakto belongVerbB1
To whom: dative. In the present ait stands alone: Bu çanta kime ait? “Whose is this bag?”; olmak is needed for the other forms: ait olacak.
bağlı olmakto depend onVerbB1
On what: dative. In the present bağlı stands alone: havaya bağlı “it depends on the weather”; olmak for the other forms, as here.
oluşmakto form, to come aboutVerbB1
No object; of what: ablative.
oluşturmakto form, to createVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite.
gerçekleşmekto come true, to take placeVerbB1
gerçekleştirmekto carry out, to realiseVerbB1
What: accusative.
sona ermekto come to an end, to expireVerbB1
No object; rather formal.
geliştirmekto develop, to improveVerbB1
What: accusative.
gelişmekto developVerbB1
artırmakto increase, to raiseVerbB1
What: accusative. Without an object “to rise”: artmak.
azaltmakto reduce, to cut downVerbB1
What: accusative. Without an object “to decrease”: azalmak.
yanlış anlamakto misunderstandVerbB1
Whom, what: accusative.
kastetmekto mean (by words)VerbB1
Whom, what: accusative. The t becomes d before a vowel: kastediyorum, aorist kasteder.
övmekto praiseVerbB1
Whom, what: accusative. Aorist över.
suçlamakto blame, to accuseVerbB1
Whom: accusative; of what: -le, hırsızlıkla suçlamak “to accuse of theft”.
şüphelenmekto suspectVerbB1
Whom, what: ablative — not the accusative.
endişelenmekto worryVerbB1
About what: ablative or için, senin için endişelendim.
rahatlamakto feel relieved, to relaxVerbB1
sakinleşmekto calm downVerbB1
heyecanlanmakto get excited, to get nervousVerbB1
pişman olmakto regretVerbB1
What: dative, often a verbal noun: gittiğime pişman oldum “I regretted going”.
teklif etmekto offer, to proposeVerbB1
What: accusative or indefinite; to whom: dative.
halletmekto sort out, to deal withVerbB1
What: accusative. From hal etmek: aorist halleder.
merak etmekto wonder; to worry aboutVerbB1
What, whom: accusative. Also “to wonder”: Ne olduğunu merak ediyorum.
kurtulmakto get rid of; to escapeVerbB1
Of what: ablative. With an object “to save”: kurtarmak.
gerekmekto be necessaryVerbB1
For whom: dative, bana para gerekiyor “I need money”. “Must”: gitmem gerekiyor “I have to go”.
soğumakto get cold, to cool downVerbB1
No object. With an object: soğutmak.
geçirmekto spend (time); to go throughVerbB1
Also for an illness or accident: grip geçirdim “I had flu”.
ilgilendirmekto concernVerbB1
tanımlamakto define, to describeVerbB1
ifade etmekto expressVerbB1
yansıtmakto reflect, to showVerbB1
bağışlamakto donate; to forgiveVerbB1
dayanmakto stand, to bear; to lean onVerbB1
What you bear is in the dative: sıcağa dayanmak.
katlanmakto put up withVerbB1
sürdürmekto continue, to keep upVerbB1
şaşırtmakto surpriseVerbB1
sevindirmekto please, to make happyVerbB1
üzmekto upset, to make sadVerbB1
Phrase (1)
dikkat çekmekto attract attention, to stand outPhraseB1
Whose: genitive and possessive, herkesin dikkatini çekmek. To draw attention to: -e dikkat çekmek.
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