The 50 Most Useful Turkish Verbs (With Conjugation Examples)

A handpicked list of the 50 highest-frequency Turkish verbs every learner needs — with present tense conjugation, English meaning, and example sentences.

Turkish verbs all follow the same rules. Once you know how to conjugate, every new verb is plug and play. Start with these 50 and you'll be able to express almost any everyday idea in Turkish. How Turkish verbs work (1 minute version) Turkish verb infinitives end in mek or mak depending on vowel harmony. gel mek = to come yap mak = to do/make To conjugate, you drop the mek/ mak and add tense endings: Present continuous ( iyor): gel iyor um = "I am coming" Simple present ( r): gel ir im = "I come" Past ( di): gel di m = "I came" For the present continuous and the simple present, the personal endings are (the past uses short endings instead: geldim, geldin, geldi, geldik, geldiniz, geldiler ): um/ im = I sun/ sin = you (sg) (nothing) = he/she uz/ iz = we sunuz/ siniz = you (pl) lar/ ler = th…