kesmek
verb A2- to cut · Şu kabloyu kestim., I cut that cable.
- to cut off, interrupt · Bağlantı kesilince yeniden aramadı., When the communication was interrupted, [he/she/it] didn't call again.
- to stop (talking, crying, etc.) · Ağlamayı kes!, Stop crying!
- to shave beard or moustache · Sakalını kesti., He shaved his beard.
- to slaughter (an animal)
- to slay · En iyi itemler ejderhaları kesince düşüyor., The best loot drops when you slay dragons.
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: kesti.
-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: keseceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: keser.
From the library
Diye lafını kestim.
Nutkunu en coşkun yerinden kestim:
Kerem biberleri kesti.
Kerem cut the peppers.
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