i am learning turkish and have some problems with the following words:

1. fircalayark- i understand the word - fircaliyor, but what does it mean when fircaliyor becomes "fircalayark"??

2. dans ederek - i understand "dans ediyor", but what is dans ederek??

3. oturarak - i know the word "oturuyor", but what is oturark?

4.calarak - i know " caliyor", but what is "calarak"

i think these words are another form of using verbs, but i am not sure.

can someone help me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
and also tell me when i should use these words.

tesekkur

This is the "-erek, -arak" gerund. It builds verbal adverbs.


1. fırçalayarak : by brushing
2. dans ederek : by dancing
3. oturarak : by sitting
4. çalarak : by playing


1. open this page:
http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_6_1448
2. download the program listed on 21
3. start the program
4. press F3 on your keyboard and type fırçalayarak and hit enter. The program will show you correctly the tense, suffixes and the translation.

Of course it will recognize any other conjugation as well.
Bye.

You can find these suffix at www.dnathan.com/language/turkish/tsd/

-(y)arak is a verbal suffix. It means "by".