Now we're going to talk about how to form statements in Turkish like "I want to do this" or "he doesn't want to do that"
The Turkish verb meaning to want is "istemek"
To form statements like "I want to swim" you're going to take the verb meaning to swim
yüzmek
in the infinitive so the form that actually means "to swim," "to dance"
"to fly a kite" and so on
It will be identifiable (?). It's either going to be -mek or -mak
depending on the rules of two-way vowel harmony and
Then after this infinitive form of the verb you want to do, "to swim" in this case
you have a form of "istemek" meaning "to want"
Let's say we want to say in the present progressive tense
"I want to swim," right now. "I want to swim."
"yüzmek": to swim
then we simply form the present progressive of "istemek"
So "yüzmek istiyorum."
"Yüzmek istiyorum": I want to swim
Now if we want to say "you": sen
"you" in the singular form "want to swim"
We don't change the infinitive "yüzmek" at all. The only change is going to occur in the form of "istemek" so
Yüzmek istiyorsun.
Sen yüzmek istiyorsun.
If you are wanting to insert
the optional personal pronoun you might do that before
the infinitive form.
Ben yüzmek istiyorum. Sen yüzmek istiyorsun.
and so on
Let's actually go through the forms.
O yüzmek istiyor.
Yes, she or he she or it wants to swim.
Biz yüzmek istiyoruz.
We want to swim.
Notice "yüzmek" is not changing depending on how many people are wanting to swim or who is wanting to swim.
We're making our changes to "istemek"
Siz yüzmek istiyorsunuz.
You plural or formal want to swim.
Onlar yüzmek istiyor
Or we have the option of adding the plural suffix
-lar
because remember, we're just
declining "istemek" just like any verb in the present progressive
but "istemek" doesn't have to be in the present progressive
So for example "ben yüzmek istiyorum" means "I want to swim" but what if you want to say
"I wanted to swim?"
You simply alter the tense of "istemek" so
Ben yüzmek istedim.
"I wanted to swim" past definite, but I don't want to swim now
Again if you want to you can make all kinds of changes to "istemek"
So let's say you don't want to swim right now, then
Ben yüzmek istemiyorum.
the negative form of the present progressive.
I'm not going to go through all the different forms that
"istemek" can take because "istemek" like any verb in turkish can assume many different tenses many different
suffixes
But I do want to draw your attention to the fact that we can also ask questions with mek mock stomach