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Verbs & Present Tense Conjugation

Verb infinitives, present continuous and aorist tenses, personal endings, vowel harmony
içmek
to drink
eech-mek
Verb infinitive ends in -mek or -mak depending on vowel harmony
yemek
to eat
yeh-mek
Also means food as a noun; context determines meaning
gitmek
to go
geet-mek
Stem: git-; irregular in some forms: gidiyorum not gitiyorum
Present continuous: -iyor suffix
currently happening action
ee-yor
Ben içiyorum = I am drinking; -iyor + personal ending
Ben içiyorum.
I am drinking.
behn ee-chee-yor-oom
İç + iyor + um; vowel harmony and buffer consonant applied
Sen yiyorsun.
You are eating.
sehn yee-yor-soon
Ye + iyor + sun; ye- root has irregular buffer
O gidiyor.
He/She is going.
oh gee-dee-yor
Git + iyor = gidiyor; t softens to d before vowel
Biz içiyoruz.
We are drinking.
beez ee-chee-yor-ooz
Personal ending -uz/-üz for we
Siz yiyorsunuz.
You (pl/formal) are eating.
seez yee-yor-soo-nooz
Formal/plural you ending -sunuz/-sünüz
Onlar gidiyor.
They are going.
ohn-lahr gee-dee-yor
Third person plural often uses same form as singular or adds -lar