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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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The present simple tense is used, very much ike the one in English: Abla: Thank you for your answers, AlphaF, gokuyu
ikicihan.
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Water boils at 100 degrees. --> Su 100 derecede kaynar. it please help me ...
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To mention things you do regularly sam1: ...
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I run every morning. --> Her sabah ko!arım. insallah: Selam Cnm, bizi hatirladin yine, cok sag
bir gundu ama hava sog...
sahip (olmak)?
Abla: sahip is an Arabic loanword which means ...
as any noun. As...
Present simple tense is used only for verbs, it is not meaningful for nouns and adjectives. Please help me translate T-E
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Please let me know if I...
seni annen mi giydirdi?
Present simple tense of a verb is constructed this way: Abla: ... by the way, do you have the Turkish loanw
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verb root + ir or er + present tense to be colloquial in future tense
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The suffix for constructing the present simple tense of a verb is not always the same. The suffix is Turkish Class on Facebook
sometimes -ir, sometimes -er. This is the only tense with this irregularity, but there are certain rules
that will tell you which one to choose most of the time. The rules that will help you choose which one
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of -ir or -er to use as suffix are as follows:
1. If the verb ends with a vowel, the vowel of the suffix falls and you add only -r.

ara-r --> arar --> he calls

oku-r --> okur --> he reads
2. If the verb has more than one syllable, use -ir
kapat-ir --> kapatır --> he closes
konu!-ir --> konu!ur --> he talks
3. If the verb has only one syllable: Add thumbnails like this to your site
1. If the vowel of this syllable is 'a' or 'e' and if the verb ends with 'l', 'n' or 'r' then use -ir Most commented

gel-ir --> gelir --> he comes

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ver-ir --> verir --> he gives
 2. Use -er for the other single syllable cases
git-er --> gider --> he goes Profile of tunci

ko!-ar --> ko!ar --> he runs

Now, let's look at how the present simple tense is used with different personal pronouns: Profile of CHiZZY

English Turkish
Example 1
to come --> gelmek
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i come (ben) gelir-im --> gelirim
you come (sen) gelir-sin --> gelirsin
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she | comes
it /
Ay!e
we come (biz) gelir-iz --> geliriz Story by erdinc
you come (siz) gelir-siniz --> gelirsiniz
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they come (onlar) gelir-ler --> gelirler
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to talk --> konu!mak
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i talk (ben) konu!ur-im --> konu!urum countries

you talk (sen) konu!ur-sin --> konu!ursun Turkish lesson by metehan

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he \ (o) konu!ur
she | talks Antalya - Kaleici
it /
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we talk (biz) konu!ur-iz --> konu!uruz
you talk (siz) konu!ur-siniz --> konu!ursunuz Noun states

they talk (onlar) konu!ur-ler --> konu!urlar

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The negative of present simple tense is a little different than just adding the negative-making suffix
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-me. Construction of negatives of present simple tense is given in the table below. The negative-
making suffix becomes -mez except for I and we. Moreover, when negative suffix is used, the
present simple tense suffix is not used.

English Turkish
Example 1
to come --> gelmek

i don't come (ben) gel-me-im --> gelmem

you don't come (sen) gel-mez-sin --> gelmezsin
he \ (o) gel-mez --> gelmez
she | doesn't come
it /

we don't come (biz) gel-me-iz --> gelmeyiz

you don't come (siz) gel-mez-siniz --> gelmezsiniz
they don't come (onlar) gel-mez-ler --> gelmezler

Present simple tense is the most irregular tense in Turkish, it's not simple as the name implies.

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Comments (17)

suzan ahmet 4/26/2011 + -

halikarnas Report
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that was very clear thank u so much

Aniina 3/3/2011 + -
How can I create a vocabulary test?it helps for praktik.. Report
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pasbosa2010 2/21/2011 + -
thanx alot Report

nurkantarkan 2/4/2011 + -
thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!! Report
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sarona 12/9/2010 + -
impossible hehe Report
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sarona 12/9/2010 + -
ofcorse thats its a bigger challenge haha Report
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sarona 12/9/2010 + -
ofcorse thats its a bigger challenge haha Report

sarona 12/9/2010 + -
ofcorse thats its a bigger challenge haha Report

ercheksargo 5/4/2010 + -
Ali her gün çay içer. (Ali drinks tea every day) Report
Ay!e ara sıra tenis oynar. (Ay!e plays occasionally tenis.) (+3)
Ben zaman zaman kitap okurum. (From time to time " read a book.)
BO# ZAMANLARINDA K"TAP OKURUN. = ????
Berk ve Cemal her ak!am denize giderler. (Berk and Cemal go every
evening to the ocean.)
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kdr 3/19/2010 + -
Ali her gün çay............(içmek) Report
Ay!e ara sıra tenis............(oynamak) (+14)
Ben zaman zaman kitap.............(okumak)
Berk ve Cemal her ak!am denize............(gitmek)
Biz ak!amları televizyon.............(izlemek)
Sen nadiren sigara............(içmek)
Onlar daima ...............(çalı!mak)

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