"Pénteken úszom."

Translation: I swim on Friday.

[mizinamo]

Is this used for a single, specific occasion (I swim on Friday = this coming Friday); a single, indefinite occasion (I swim on a Friday = on some Friday or other but I am not say when); for a regular habit (I swim on Fridays = every Friday); or more than one of the above?

[Findil]

The first one. It's not necessarily this coming Friday, but it's clear between the speakers which Friday they're talking about.

It might be used in the second meaning as well, but the phrase "egy pénteki napon" is a better translation for that.

"on Fridays" = "péntekenként"

[Anna_von_Kleve]

So if it is a kind of arrangement, why "I am swimming on Friday" is not accepted?

[Findil]

Report it, that's a good translation. :)

[mizinamo]

Thank you!

[vvsey]

You can always add some modifiers to the sentence "Pénteken úszom", and it will sound more of a regular habit. Every - Minden, usually - általában, ordinarily - rendszerint, etc.

I think "péntekenként" can be thought of as the equivalent of "cumaları", for your Turkish mind.

[mizinamo]

I see; thank you!

[SedatKlc]

can we say Pénteken úszok?

[Findil]

"Úszik" is an -ik verb, and most of those end in -m in first person singular. But here I'd say both "úszok" and "úszom" are common, so your sentence is fine too.

[EsNkzo]

Can you speak about the difference a bit more? I thought -om would mean possession, but swimming is not an object you can possess.

[-BigWayne19-]

------ -ik verbs (usik, 3rd person singular ) generally take -om, -em or -o:m for their 1st person singular ending . . .

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