duyuyor

Duyuyor is a Turkish verb form that derives from duymak, meaning to hear or sense by listening. It is the third-person singular present continuous (present progressive) form, used to indicate that the subject is currently perceiving something through hearing or is in the process of hearing.

In Turkish, verbs are conjugated with suffixes rather than separate pronoun forms. The present continuous tense is formed by adding the suffix -iyor (with appropriate vowel harmony) to the verb stem, with the person indicated by the subject pronoun. For the third person singular, the form is duyuyor. Examples: O duyuyor. (He/She is hearing.) O şu anda bir ses duyuyor. (He/She is hearing a sound right now.)

Duyuyor can appear in various contexts to describe current perception. It is often contrasted with duyar, the simple present or habitual form meaning “hears” in a general sense. O duyuyor may emphasize an ongoing perception, while O duyar can express a general fact or regular occurrence.

Related forms and derivatives include duymak (to hear), duydu (heard), duyduğum (the thing I heard), and duyacak (will hear). The root duy- also appears in related nouns such as duyum (perception) and duygu (feeling), though these have distinct meanings and uses separate from the verb.

See also: Turkish verb conjugation, duymak, perception-related vocabulary.