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demek

verb A1
  1. to say (transitive) · o ne dedi?, what'd he say?
  2. to assume, to suppose (colloquial, transitive) · Biz seçildik diyelim. Ne yapacağız?, Suppose we got chosen. What will we do?
  3. to want, to desire (colloquial, transitive) · Sabah gidelim diyoruz, We think we should go in the morning.
  4. to call, name, dub (transitive) · yeni oyunumuza "Uzaylıların Saldırısı" diyeceğiz., we will call our game "Invasion of the Aliens".
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disay yorpresent continuous umI

The 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.

de- turns its e into i before -yor: diyor.

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Dedi.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 20 · C1
— Beni affedin padişahım, dedi, ben artık devlet işine karışmamaya ahdettim.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 20 · C1
Padişahım, dedi, çoluk çocuğumla veda ettim.
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 20 · C1

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