Merhaba,
birkaç yeni başlık açmak istiyorum. Şimdi pratik yapmak çok kolay. Sen Türkçe öğrenmek istiyor musun?

This is the Infinitive - Mastar Hali :

gitmek > to go
okumak > to read

The infinitive is common in dictionaries. To learn a new infinitive you can just check you dictionary and you will recognise it from the -mek or -mak suffixes. For instance check your dictionry for "learn" to see what the Turkish is for "to learn".

If the last vowel is a deep vowel (a,ı,o,u) we use -mak; if the last vowel is a sharp vowel (e,i,ö,ü) we use -mek.

oku > mak
git > mek

Since you can already find any infinitive from your dictionary and since the dictionaries include the verbs in the infinitive form (-mek, -mak) you can now start practising right away.

Use any infinitive with a word from 1 or 2. Optionaly include a word from 3 to build advanced sentences. Of course you may use the Infinitive with anything else if you can.

Here are some examples:

Ali kitap okumak istiyor.

Now it's your turn. Let us see how you can build one or more simple sentence with the imperative. Don't worry of making mistakes. Mistakes are a good way to learn. If you make a mistake in this thread at least somebody will correct you.
Cheers,
Erdinç

1. example: bilmek istiyorum "I want to know".

a. istiyorum > I want
b. istemiyorum > I don't want
b. istiyor > he/she/it wants
c. istemiyor > he/she/it doesn't want
c. istiyor mu? > Does he/she/it want?
d. istiyorsun > You want
e. istemiyorsun > You don't want
d. istiyor musun? > Do you want?


2. Example: Yüzmek çok güzel. It's very nice to swim.

a. lazım > is necessary
b. gerekli > is necessary
c. gerekli değil > isn't necessary
d. çok kolay > (is) very easy
e. kolay > (is) easy
f. çok güzel > (is) very nice, very beautiful
g. güzel değil > isn't nice
h. çok zor > (is) very difficult
i. zor değil > isn't difficult
j. hiç zor değil > isn't difficult at all

3.
a. ve
b. veya
c. ama

If there is enough interest I will continue with topic II. and III. (the imperative and simple past tense).

Now, can you make a simple sentence with an infinitive from your dictionary and a word from list one or two?

Beni unutmak istiyor musun?
Sen bilmek istiyorum.

Ooooops, sorry, typing mistake...
Even with my poor Turkish I know that "sen" doesn't fit to "istiyorum".
"Sen" would be "istiyorsun".
Is it better:
Dinlemek istiyorum, ama söyleşmek istemiyorum.

Thanks, your highness

1.
Seni görmek için buraya kadar geldim.
I came all the way here to see you.

2.
Her gün en az iki litre su içmek lazım.
One should drink at least 2l of water a day.

3.
Ben de denizde yüzmek istiyorum!
I want to swim in the sea, too!

4.
Kadıköy'den Taksim'e gitmek hiç zor değil.
It is not difficult at all to get to Taksim from Kadıköy.

5.
Satranç oynamak çok güzel.
It is very nice to play chess.

Kartal,

Very nice of You to keep up the topic!

Best regards,
Mella

turkce dil cok guzel ogrenmek