oynamak
verb A1- to play, amuse oneself, fool around
- to be on, be playing
- to dance; to gambol, cavort, frisk about
- to move, stir, budge, hop
- to fluctuate, move back and forth, flicker
- to perform (a play), play (a card)
- to risk, play around with, trifle with
- to monkey with, tinker with, tamper with
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.
A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: oyna- → oynuyor.
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
-ecek after a front vowel, -acak after a back one. After a stem ending in a vowel, a buffer y joins them: başlayacak.
k becomes ğ before a vowel: oynayacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: oynar.
From the library
Gündüzleri bahçede koşar ve oyun oynar.
During the day, he runs in the garden and plays games.
Parkta kırmızı topu ile oynar.
In the park, he plays with his red ball.
Salonda çok eğlenceli oyunlar oynuyorlar.
They play very fun games in the living room.
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