çalmak
verb B1- to steal · Hırsızlar annemin çantasını çaldı, the thieves stole my mother's bag
- to play (produce music using a musical instrument; use a device to hear a recording) · Çok iyi piyano çalarım, I play the piano very well
- to play (produce music; be played from a recording) · Favori şarkım çalıyor, my favourite song is playing
- to ring (phone or bell) · Eve girdiğimde telefon çalıyordu, the phone was ringing when I entered the house · Duş alıyorken kapı (or "zil") çaldı, the doorbell rang while I was taking a shower
- to tap the door · Kapıyı (or "zili") hep üç kez çalar, [He/She/It] rings the door(bell) always three times.
- to hit, to throw
- to smear, to add
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.
-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: çalacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: çalar.
From the library
— Sen de, çalmadım, diyorsun...
Komşusunun kapısını çalmış ve kazanını ödünç istemiş.
He knocked on his neighbor's door and asked to borrow his pot.
Tam o sırada, aşağıdaki fırının sahibi Hasan Bey kapıyı çaldı.
Just then, Mr. Hasan, the owner of the bakery downstairs, knocked on the door.
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