yemek
food / to eat / meal
Meanings
- food
- to eat
- meal
Example sentences
Yemek yiyorum.
I'm eating food.
Akşam yemeği hazır.
Dinner is ready.
Ekmek yiyorum.
I'm eating bread.
yemek in real sentences
9,687 short Tatoeba sentences with an English translation use this word. Here are 3, with the form of the word each one uses.
Yarım bardak bira içerek yemeğine başladı.
He began his meal by drinking half a glass of ale.
Form: yemeğine · Tatoeba #530752Çok fazla dondurma ve spagetti yememelisin.
You mustn't eat too much ice cream and spaghetti.
Form: yememelisin · Tatoeba #530756Kurbanlar için yiyecek ve giyecek sağlamalıyız.
We must provide food and clothes for the victims.
Form: yiyecek · Tatoeba #603640
Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.
Cases of yemek
Conjugating yemek
Stem ye-. The present continuous adds -(I)yor and the past tense adds -DI, each followed by a personal ending. Irregular: The e of ye- narrows before -yor: yiyor.
| Person | Present continuous | Past |
|---|---|---|
| ben | yiyorum | yedim |
| sen | yiyorsun | yedin |
| o | yiyor | yedi |
| biz | yiyoruz | yedik |
| siz | yiyorsunuz | yediniz |
| onlar | yiyorlar | yediler |
Grammar note
Can be both noun (food) and verb (to eat)
Also used as noun meaning 'food'
Often in the same sentence
Words that most often appear alongside this one in the Tatoeba sentences.