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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
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'To Be' Negative



This tense is quite simple to make. Simply take an word, such as 'fine' or 'tired', and add the word 'değil'. This is not a suffix, but a word on its own. Then add the same personal endings that you would for the 'to be - positive tense'.

examples
'iyi değilim' = 'i am not fine'
'mutlu değilsin' = 'you are not happy'
'yorgun değil' = 'he is not tired'
'Türk değiliz' = 'we are not Turkish'
'yorgun değilsiniz' = 'you are not tired'
'iyi değiller' = 'they are not fine'


Past Tense

To turn this into the past tense, such as 'he was not happy', add the past suffix '-di' and then the personal ending, just like with the 'To be - positive' tense.

examples
'iyi değildim' = 'i was not fine'
'mutlu değildin' = 'you were not happy'
etc








Asking Questions

To turn this tense into a question, follow this formula;

word + değil + question + personal

mutlu + değil + mi + sin
= 'mutlu değil misin?' = 'are not happy?'

'mutlu değil miydin?' = 'were you not happy?'

'yorgun değil miyim?' = 'am i not tired?'

'yorgun değil miydin?'= 'were you not tired?'

'iyi değiller mi?' = 'are they not alright?'

(For 'they', the question marker comes at the end).



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