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inanmak

verb A1
  1. to believe, have faith (someone's abilities, chances etc.; someone's existence; the power, value etc. of something; the existence of something) (intransitive)
  2. to believe (someone, in something someone says/does), trust (intransitive)
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inanbelieve ıyorpresent 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.

From the library

Ağacımız yapraklarla donanır, Taşlarımız bir birliğe inanır, Hep çiçekler bağrınızda gönenir, Pınarınız çağlar, akışır dağlar.
Karacaoğlan'dan seçme şiirler, p. 5 · C1
Hoca: Doğurduğuna inandın da öldüğüne neden inanmıyorsun?

Hoca: You believed it gave birth, so why won't you believe it died?

Nasreddin Hoca ve kazan, p. 1 · B1
İstanbul'da yaşayan hemen herkesin, vapura ilk bindiği günü bütün ayrıntılarıyla hatırladığına inanırım.

I believe that almost everyone who lives in Istanbul remembers, in every detail, the day they first boarded a ferry.

İstanbul vapurları, p. 1 · C1

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