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gelmek - to come
gitmek - to go
kalmak - to stay
yemek - to eat
sevmek - to love
yapmak - to do
olmak - to be
istemek - to want
görmek - to see
okumak - to read
ögrenmek - to learn
 
 
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Future Tense


The suffix to say 'i will...' is 'ben ...(y)eceğim'

Just like with the present tense and the future tense, the ending will change according to vowel harmony.


If the last vowel in the verb is e/i/ö/ü, then the suffix will be '-(y)eceğim'
If the last vowel in the verb is a/ı/o/u, then the suffix will be '(y)acağım'


(the 'y' in the bracket is only used if the last letter in the verb is a vowel.)

(to emphasise the sentence, eg 'I will go, you will not', add the personal pronoun before the verb eg 'ben gideceğim, sen gitmeyeceksin')


Personal endings

I will... = '...(y)eceğim' or '...(y)acağım'
You will...(singular/familiar) = '...(y)eceksin' or '...(y)acaksın'

He/She/It will... = '...(y)ecek' or '...(y)acak'
We will... = '(y)eceğiz' or '...(y)acağız'
You will...(plural/polite) = '...(y)eceksiniz' or '...(y)acaksınız'
They will... = '...(y)ecekler' or '...(y)acaklar'


examples
come - gel
i will come - geleceğim

be - ol
you will be - olacaksın

drink - iç
he will drink - içecek

want - iste
we will want - isteyeceğiz

walk - yürü
you will walk - yürüyeceksiniz

jump - atla
they will jump - atlayacaklar






Future negative tense

To make the future negative tense, simply add '-me/ma' after the verb then add the appropriate personal ending.

examples
i will not come - gel - me - yeceğim
you will not jump - atla - ma - yacaksın
etc

Asking questions in the future tense

We add the question marker '-mi' (or 'mı/mü/mu) after the future suffix to make a sentence into a question.

To ask a positive question in the future tense, you must follow this formula;

verb + future suffix + mi +personal ending

examples
gel + ecek + mi + yim = gelecek miyim? = will i come?
otur + acak + mı + sın = oturacak m sn? = will you sit?
iç + ecek + mi = içecek mi? = will he drink?
gel + me + yecek misin? = will you not come?
etc

(to say 'will they...?', the question marker '-mi' always comes at the end of the sentence after the personal ending
example
gel-ecek-ler mi? = will they come?

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