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There are 5 fundamental tenses in Turkish. These are: Open mini chat

1. Present simple tense (Geni! zaman) New in Forums

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2. Present continuous tense ("imdiki zaman) ulak: ... ... ya da ... olsalarda, herkesin yemek ... ...
... y...

3. Future tense (Gelecek zaman) as low as

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4. Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmi! zaman) --> Regular past tense Ona göre
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5. Past tense with -mi! (-mi!'li geçmi! zaman) --> Also called the story past tense to...
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will be covered in the intermediate level lessons. 5 kilo fazlam var...
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To start with, let's review some verbs we'll use in the following lessons and their meanings: it please help me ...
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gelmek --> to come sam1: ...
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gitmek --> to go insallah: Selam Cnm, bizi hatirladin yine, cok sag
bir gundu ama hava sog...
okumak --> to read sahip (olmak)?
Abla: sahip is an Arabic loanword which means ...
kapatmak --> to close as any noun. As...
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ko!mak --> to run rubyraven7: Thanks Tunci! I really appreciate you
Please let me know if I...
aramak --> to call seni annen mi giydirdi?
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konu!mak --> to talk in Swedish?
colloquial in future tense
vermek --> to give tunci: Colloquial in Present ... Tense ; [Note: this fo
informal and ...

kaynamak --> to boil

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çalı!mak --> to work
yemek --> to eat Random Pictures of Turkey
beklemek --> to wait

The meaning of tenses are given using some suffixes. There are some important properties common
to all these suffixes denoting tense:
The suffix for tenses is added right after the verb root if the verb is positive, or after the
negating suffix if the verb is negative.
The present tense for of 'to be' comes after the suffix for tense.
Therefore, the order becomes: verb root + (negative) + tense + present tense to be
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This is different only for the regular past tense, where past tense form of to be is used.
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2. Future tense (Gelecek zaman)
The suffix for future tense in Turkish is -ecek. There are not two different cases like in English will Profile of Prashantsharma
and is going to. Future tense is always constructed using the suffix -ecek. The uses of the Turkish
future tense is just like a union of the uses of will and going to in English.
To express any action that will take place in the future. Profile of tunci

Future tense is used only for verbs, it is not meaningful for nouns and adjectives. Profile of CHiZZY

Future tense of a verb is constructed this way:

verb root + (negative) + ecek + present tense to be Profile of BooBoo

When you want to append the suffix -ecek to a verb that ends with a vowel, you add the fusion
consonant 'y' between the verb and the suffix to separate the two vowels. Otherwise, just simply add Profile of Faily
the suffix -ecek. Be careful about the harmony rules though, as always. Let's see how future tense is
obtained using some example verbs:
Ay"e
gel-ecek --> gelecek --> he will come
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git-ecek-im --> gidece!im --> I will go
oku-ecek-sin --> okuyacaksın --> you will read Alphabet

kapat-ecek-iz --> kapataca!ız --> we will close Turkish lesson by admin

Level: beginner
ko"-ecek-siniz --> ko"acaksınız --> you will run (plural you)
Lesson 4: Names of nations
ara-ecek-ler --> arayacaklar --> they will call countries

konu"-me-ecek --> konu"mayacak --> he will not talk Turkish lesson by metehan
Level: beginner
ver-me-ecek-sin --> vermeyeceksin --> you will not give
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To see the use of future tense with different cases of person, check the following table: Picture by slavica

English Turkish
Noun states

to close --> kapatmak

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i will close (ben) kapatacak-im --> kapataca!ım Level: beginner
you will close (sen) kapatacak-sin --> kapatacaksın
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he \ (o) kapatacak
she | will close
it /

we will close (biz) kapatacak-iz --> kapataca!ız

you will close (siz) kapatacak-siniz --> kapatacaksınız
they will close (onlar) kapatacak-ler --> kapatacaklar
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You need to have stickablity. Don´t give up if you don´t understand Report
something immediately. Just have a go and you will eventually feel you (+5)
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Scrabblemin 1/3/2010 + -
in HW assignment 2, #6 says dinlemek is "rest" but i understand it as Report
"listen" and see no other translation in either of my dictionaries. is this an (+6)
expression i have missed?

ok, i am understanding now that the "N" makes all the difference...sheesh
even the fluent turkish speaker in my house couldn´t answer my
question...
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hannah143 9/9/2009 + -
do you change the K to a ! if the last letter of the word is a vowel or just if Report
the last letter is ´i´ ? (+3)
the last letter is ´i´ ? (+3)

also when adding the past tense suffix -di, do you add a ´y´ before -di if
there is a vowel or is it just ´i´ or not at all, because i read it somewhere
but now i dont know where.

flopsie 8/8/2009 + -

confused! Report
(+1)

annapaulidi 8/5/2009 + -
there is one exception: Report
gitmek, etmek, tatmak and seyret are the only verbs that when a vowel (+2)
follows they change the -t
to -d
so, it is gidiyor, edecek .... but kapatıyorum

jawad 7/27/2009 + -
thanks ,every body it was usful ,jawad from afghanistan Report
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istanbul_1453 7/24/2009 + -
heh.. so why "gidecek"?)) you told that we can´t change the verb root but Report
it the verb "gitmek" we change it. kapatmak, gitmek.. what is the (+2)
difference?))) we must change the consonants t, k, p, ç if they are
between 2 vowels. so really why "kapaTacayız"?? i don´t understand.))

IlkBahar 12/11/2008 + -
It doesn´t have any rhythm like my own language (Persian) and is Report
difficult to memorize!

cakemos 12/3/2008 + -
PremAslan, it cannot be "kapadaca!ız" because the verb root it Report
"kapaTmak" , so it must kapataca!ız. You can never never ever change (+1)
the verb root

mosssid , 2nd and 3rd one is correct but 1st one must be "kitabımı
kapataca!ım"

striders , this is for you

"kapadaca!ız" olamaz cunku fiil koku "kapaTmak", yani kapataca!ız

olmak zorunda. Fiil kokunu asla asla asla degistiremezsin.

mosssid , ikinci ve ucuncu cumleler dogru ama birincisi "kitabımı

kapataca!ım" olmak zorunda.

striders, bu senin icin

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