kokmak
verb B2- To smell, to give out a scent.
- To have a bad smell, to stink, to reek. · Burası kokuyor., This place stinks.
- For something to show signs of, to feel about to happen.
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: koktu.
-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: kokacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: kokar.
Words from it
From the library
Fırının içi çok güzel kokuyor.
The inside of the bakery smells very nice.
Dükkanın içi her zaman çok güzel kokuyor.
The inside of the shop always smells very nice.
Kerem, “ Çok güzel kokuyor, sırada ne var?” dedi.
Kerem said, "It smells very good, what is next?"
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