beklemek
verb A1- To wait for, to await. · Seni bekliyordum., I was waiting for you.
- To expect, to anticipate
- To watch over something or someone; to guard, to keep an eye on.
- To tarry, to hang about.
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: bekle- → bekliyor.
-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: bekleyeceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: bekler.
Phrases
From the library
Yuf borusu seni bekliyor...
Hakkın huzuruna gitmek için iradenizi bekliyorum.
Yarım saat kadar Valde Kıraathanesi'nde bekledim.
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