Verb conjugator

Turkish verb conjugation tables

Type any Turkish verb, or pick one of 15 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Turkish verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 15 of the most common Turkish verbs across 4 core tenses. Pick a verb like olmak (to be, to become) or sahip olmak (to have, to possess), or type any Turkish verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing olmak (to be, to become) · core verb for 'to be/become'; auxiliary

olmak

to be, to become core verb for 'to be/become'; auxiliary
Şimdiki Zaman (Present Continuous)
ben oluyorum
sen oluyorsun
o oluyor
biz oluyoruz
siz oluyorsunuz
onlar oluyorlar
Geniş Zaman (Aorist, Simple Present)
ben olurum
sen olursun
o olur
biz oluruz
siz olursunuz
onlar olurlar
Di'li Geçmiş Zaman (Simple Past)
ben oldum
sen oldun
o oldu
biz olduk
siz oldunuz
onlar oldular
Gelecek Zaman (Future)
ben olacağım
sen olacaksın
o olacak
biz olacağız
siz olacaksınız
onlar olacaklar

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How Turkish conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 4 core tenses: Şimdiki Zaman (Present Continuous), Geniş Zaman (Aorist, Simple Present), Di'li Geçmiş Zaman (Simple Past), Gelecek Zaman (Future).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (core verb for 'to be/become'; auxiliary for olmak, for example). Irregular verbs like sahip olmak (to have, to possess) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Turkish, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Turkish verbs?

To conjugate a Turkish verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take olmak (to be, to become): in the ben form it is oluyorum now, olurum in the past, and oldum in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Turkish verbs?

The most common Turkish verbs include olmak (to be, to become), sahip olmak (to have, to possess), gitmek (to go), gelmek (to come), yapmak (to do, to make), etmek (to do), demek (to say), yemek (to eat). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 15.

Is Turkish verb conjugation hard?

Turkish conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Turkish is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Turkish have?

These three, Şimdiki Zaman (Present Continuous), Geniş Zaman (Aorist, Simple Present), Di'li Geçmiş Zaman (Simple Past), Gelecek Zaman (Future), are the core of everyday Turkish and the right place to start. Real Turkish also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.