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Turkish
Etymology
From Common Turkic *-āčak.
Suffix
-acak
- Future tense suffix. Equivalent to will.
- kır(-mak) (“(to) break”) → kıracak (“he/she/it will break”)
- Forms nouns or adjectives from verbs.
- yak(-mak) (“to burn”) → yakacak (“combustible”)
- as in yakacak odun (“wood that will be used to burn”) used as an adjective.
Usage notes
- Personal suffixes are added after "-acak".
- bağır + -acak + -ım → bağıracağım (“I will shout”)
- bağır + -acak + -sın → bağıracaksın (“you will shout”)
- bağır + -acak → bağıracak (“he/she/it will shout”)
- bağır + -acak + -ız → bağıracağız (“we will shout”)
- bağır + -acak + -sınız → bağıracaksınız (“you will shout”)
- bağır + -acak + -lar → bağıracaklar (“they will shout”)
- If the verb ends in a vowel, it takes the linking consonant "-y"
- boya → boyayacak
- sakla → saklayacak
- If the verb's last vowel is "e", "i", "ö" or "ü", -ecek is used.
- git → gidecek
- This suffix is not often used in spoken language. Instead of -acak/-ecek, people often use -cak, -ıcak, -icek, -ucak, -ücek in informal speech.
- -ıcak, -icek, -ucak, -ücek are the formal pronunciations if it represents an action.
- /ɟe.le.dʒec ɟe.li.dʒec/