tepelemek
verb C1- to strike on the head
- to thrash, beat up, abuse
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: tepele- → tepeliyor.
-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: tepeleyeceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: tepeler.
From the library
Yaylası ufak tepeler!
Tepeler, nehirler ve yollar, renklerin olağanüstü canlılığı ve çizgilerin eşsiz zarafeti sayesinde, sayfa üzerinde son derece hareketli ve yaşayan bir alan kurar.
Hills, rivers, and roads establish an extremely dynamic and living space on the page thanks to the extraordinary vibrancy of the colors and the unique elegance of the lines.
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