seçmek
verb A2- to choose, select · Henüz okulumu seçmedim., I haven’t chosen my school yet.
- to pick out, sort
- to elect
- to perceive, distinguish, see, discern
- to be choosy about, be particular about
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.
After a voiceless consonant (f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p) the d of -di becomes t: seçti.
-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: seçeceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: seçer.
From the library
Sait Faik, büyük olayları ya da ünlü kişileri anlatmaktansa sıradan insanların küçük hayatlarına eğilmeyi seçti.
Rather than writing about great events or famous people, Sait Faik chose to turn to the small lives of ordinary people.
Sonra odama gittim ve kütüphanemden bir kitap seçtim.
Then I went to my room and picked a book from my bookshelf.
Can malzemeleri seçti: “ Sadece tereyağı, peynir, mantar, bezelye ve turşu yeterli.”
Can chose the ingredients, "Only butter, cheese, mushrooms, peas, and pickles are enough."
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