kurumak
verb B1- to dry, dry up
- to wither, die
- to get weak, thin
- to harden due to dryness
- to dry, dry up; to dehydrate, to feel thirsty
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: kuru- → kuruyor.
-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: kuruyacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: kurur.
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Karşı evlerin pencerelerinde lambalar birer birer yandı; tül perdelerin ardında, yüzlerini hiçbir zaman göremeyeceğim insanların gölgeleri sofra kuruyor, çay demliyordu.
In the windows of the houses opposite, lamps came on one by one; behind the tulle curtains, the shadows of people whose faces I would never see were setting tables and brewing tea.
Seyirciler, beyaz perdede izledikleri karakterlerle derin ve samimi bir duygusal bağ kuruyor, onların sevinçleriyle mutlu olup karşılaştıkları zorluklarla kederleniyorlardı.
The audience formed a deep and sincere emotional bond with the characters they watched on the silver screen, becoming happy with their joys and grieving with the difficulties they faced.
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