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The suffixes of the past tense of Turkish verbs are the same as those of the past tense of the verb "to be" (see 6th lesson), which are joined to the stem. These are "-dim, -din, -di, -dik, -diniz, -diler" (which of course, are subject to the rule of euphony). To obtain the negative past tense, one has to put "-me" or "-ma" before the suffixes ("-medim, -medin" etc.) and join them to the stem. The suffixes of the hearsay past tense (6th lesson) are : "-mişim, -mişsin, -miş, -mişiz, -mişsiniz, -mişler" (which as always, must adhere the euphony rule). You will find below the conjugation of the past tense and between brackets, the "hearsay" past tense of verbs "etmek (to do) and "olmak" (to be) |
Affirmative:
Negative:
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The interrogative past tense is obtained by putting the particle "mi?" (or "mı?, mü?, mu?") after the affirmative form without joining: |
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Below are the declension of the personal pronouns (see 4 th lesson). |
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Exercise 22. - Put the following sentences in the past tense.
Exercise 23. - Write the sentences of exercise 22 in the "hearsay" past tense.
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The interrogative pronouns : "kim?, hangi?, hangisi?" |
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In the declension, "hangi" becomes "hangisi". |
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The past continuous tense of Turkish verbs is obtained by adding to the 3 rd person singular of the present tense (see 16 th lesson) the suffixes of the past tense ( ee lessons 6 and 19). Model of the perfect tense:
Verb "okumak" (to read : the 3 rd person singular of the present tense being
okuyor, the past continuous tense will thus be conjugated as follows.
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