kestirmek
verb C1- to predict, to foresee
- to decide
- to take a nap
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.
-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: kestireceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Verbs of more than one syllable take -ir (-ır, -ur, -ür): kestirir.
From the library
Çoğu zaman da bu ikisi arasındaki çizgi öylesine incedir ki saflığının bir maske mi yoksa gerçek mi olduğunu kestirmek imkânsızlaşır.
And often the line between the two is so thin that it becomes impossible to tell whether his naivety is a mask or real.
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