girmek
verb A1- to enter, to go in · Odaya hızla girdim., I entered the room quickly. · Mermi küçük deliğe kolayca girdi., The bullet went in the tiny hole easily.
- to go in for, to take · sınava girmek, to take an exam
- (a season, time &c.) to arrive
Forms you’ll meet
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iyorpresent 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.
girenter
dipast
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
girenter
eceğfuture (k → ğ)
imI
-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: gireceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
girenter
eraorist · habit
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: girer.
Phrases
From the library
— Evet, dün Dadaruh uyurken odaya girdi.
İşte bu gördüğün vaziyete girdi.
Tam yüz beş gece gözüme uyku girmedi.
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