Turkish Language - The Irregular Wide Tense Verb ListTurkish Single Syllable Verbs - Undotted Vowel Group - A I O UTurkish Single Syllable Verbs - Dotted Vowel Group - E Using the CausativeThe famous thirteen irregular single syllable verbs in the Simple Present. Twelve of them end their root in -l or -r. The single exception which root ends in -n (of these famous 13 exceptions) is - sanmak - which has the form - sanr - to supposeMany of these verbs are in common daily use, and should be committed to memory.Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Undotted Vowel Group - A I O URegular verbs use the regular tense sign -ar - as an example - The Wide Tense Root of the Regular verb atmak - to throw - becomes - atar - as in - at-ar-m - I throwInfinitiveWide TenseMeaningCausativeMeaning

almakalrto take/getaldrmakto make take

bulmakbulurto findbuldurmakto make find

durmakdururto stop/to haltdurdurmakto make stop

kalmakkalrto remain/to staykaldrmakto take away/to lift

olmakolurto be/to becomeoldurmakto make become

sanmaksanrto suppose(lacking)(no meaning)

varmakvarrto arrivevardrmakto make arrive

vurmakvururto strike/to hitvurdurmakto make strike

Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Dotted Vowel Group - E Regular verbs use the regular tense sign -er - as an example - The Wide Tense Root of gemek - to pass - becomes - geer - as in - ge-er-im - I passInfinitiveWide TenseMeaningCausativeMeaning

bilmekbilirto know how tobildirmekto make know

gelmekgelirto comegeldirmekto make come

grmekgrrto seegstermekto show

lmeklrto dieldrmekto kill, to murder

vermekverirto giveverdirmekto make give

Using the CausativeNote that one of the duties that the Causative Verb form carries out is to make intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take an object) into a transitive verb (verbs that do take an object).The verb - durmak - to stop/to halt - is such a word:Araba caddede durdu - The car stopped in the street. - (No object in this sentence - it is intransitive)Mehmet, arabay caddede durdurdu - Mehmet stopped the car in the street. - (The object in this sentence is araby - the car - it is a transitive sentence)English may use a different verb for its causative formThe translation of the Causative is literal here. We have to consider that in translation we may use a different verb in English. If we look at the first example, the Causative of - to know - has been literally translated as - "to make know, to cause to know" - of course we may translate this verb into English as - to notify, to publish, etc.. We must always bear this in mind when translating Causative Verbs from Turkish into English.