Beklemek

Beklemek is a Turkish verb meaning to wait or to expect. It covers literal waiting for a person or event as well as anticipation of a result, outcome, or arrival. The verb is native to Turkish and is formed from the root bek- with the infinitive suffix -mek.

Usage and meaning: Beklemek can describe waiting for someone or something, such as waiting for a friend, for a bus, or for news. It is also used for broader anticipation or expectation, for example to expect an occurrence or a future event. The thing being waited for is usually expressed as a direct object in the accusative, as in seni bekliyorum (I am waiting for you) or haber bekliyorum (I am waiting for news). Turkish can also express waiting with time references, such as yarını bekliyoruz (we are waiting for tomorrow).

Conjugation and forms: Beklemek is conjugated like a regular Turkish verb. Examples in the present tense include beklerim (I wait), beklersin (you wait), bekler (he/she waits), bekliyoruz (we wait), bekliyorsunuz (you all wait), beklerler (they wait). The present continuous is bekliyorum, bekliyorsun, bekliyor, bekliyoruz, bekliyorsunuz, bekliyorlar. Past tense forms such as bekledim, bekledin, bekledi, bekledik, beklediniz, beklediler express waited. The future forms include bekleyeceğim, bekleyeceksin, bekleyecek, bekleyeceğiz, bekleyeceksiniz, bekleyecekler. The imperative is bekle! or bekleyelim.

Related nouns and adjectives include bekleyiş (the act of waiting), beklenti (expectation), and beklenen (expected). In Turkish, beklemek is widely used in everyday speech to convey both literal waiting and anticipation for an upcoming event or outcome.