sürmek

verb A2

To operate a wheeled vehicle; to drive, to ride. (transitive) · Araba sürüyoruz., We're driving (a car). · Bisiklet süreceğim., I will ride a bike.
To continue to happen, to go on, to last, to take a certain amount of time. (intransitive) · Bu sonsuza dek sürecek mi?, Is this going to last forever?
(of animals) To huddle before one and compel to move forward; to drive. (transitive) · Bir sıçrayışta arabaya atlayarak hayvanları sürdü., He jumped into the cart in one leap and drove the animals.
To push forward, to send, to drive. (transitive) · Bu şartlar altında Rommel tüm tanklarını savaşa sürmek zorunda kaldı., Under these circumstances Rommel was forced to send all of his tanks onto the battlefield.
To cause to touch, to make touch. (transitive) · Yüzümü saçlarına sürmek için başımı eğdim., I tilted my head to touch it to her hair. · Elini ekrana sürme, iz oluyor., Don't touch the screen with your hand, it leaves fingerprints.
To exile, send into exile, to expel, to cast out, to banish. (transitive) · Sultan IV. Murat, Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi'yi uçuşundan sonra bir kese altın verip Cezayir'e sürdü., After giving Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi a pouch of golden coins, Sultan Murat IV exiled him to Algeria.
To spread something on a surface in a thin layer; to rub, to smear, to apply. (transitive) · Bir dilim ekmeğin üstüne tereyağ ile reçel sürdü ve afiyetle yedi., She spread butter and jam on a slice of bread and ate it with gusto.
To put on the market; to put up for sale, to launch, to release, to make available for purchase. (transitive) · Albümün baharda piyasaya sürülmesi planlandı., The album was planned to be released to the market in spring.

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Forms you’ll meet

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sürstem üyorpresent 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.

Phrases

From the library

Yolculuk bir buçuk saat sürdü.

The journey took an hour and a half.

Bir tren yolculuğu, p. 1 · A2

Bazen kahvaltı iki üç saat sürer.

Sometimes breakfast lasts two or three hours.

Türk kahvaltısı, p. 1 · A2

Derslerim sabah dokuzda başlıyor ve bazen akşama kadar sürüyor.

My classes start at nine in the morning and sometimes go on until evening.

Üniversiteden bir mektup, p. 1 · B1

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