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terlemek

verb C1
  1. To excrete moisture through skin; to sweat. (intransitive)
  2. For something to collect condensation on itself; to fog up, to steam up. (intransitive)
  3. To get very tired while working on something or achieve something after spending a lot of effort on it. (figuratively, intransitive)
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terlstem iyorpresent 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.

A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: terle- → terliyor.

From the library

Okulda arkadaşlarınızla oyun oynarken ve koşarken çok terliyorsunuz.

When playing games and running with your friends at school, you sweat a lot.

Okulda Sağlıklı Beslenmek, p. 1 · A2

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