susamak
verb C1- To feel the need to drink water, to be thirsty, to thirst.
- To strongly want something lacking, to long for, to pine for. · Ekonomi, onların sahip olduğu becerilere susamıştı., The economy longed for the skills they possessed. · Takım sekiz yıldan beri şampiyonluğa susamıştı., The team had been thirsty for a championship for eight years.
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.
A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: susa- → susuyor.
-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: susayacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: susar.
From the library
Susuyor, bakıyordum.
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Susarlar, uzaktan ulur bir köpek.
Okulda bazen çok susuyorum.
At school, I sometimes get very thirsty.
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