oyalanmak
verb- to keep busy, to be occupied, to amuse oneself
- to waste time, to kill time, to dawdle, to dilly-dally
- to linger, to loiter, to dally, to hang around
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: oyalanacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Verbs of more than one syllable take -ir (-ır, -ur, -ür): oyalanır.
From the library
Fakat bu tatlı sığınağın içinde gereğinden fazla oyalanmak, bireyi yeniliklere tamamen kapalı, etrafındaki dünyadan kopuk ve hastalıklı bir ruh hâline sürükleyebilir.
However, lingering in this sweet refuge more than necessary can drag the individual into a completely closed-off state of mind, disconnected from the world around them, and unhealthy.
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