Turkish Verb Tenses
| Indicative Mood
Present Dubitative Simple, Compound Reportative Tense (hearsay)** Türkce -- Bilesik Eylem ZamanlarI, Genis zamanIn rivayeti | Present Dubitative Simple, Compound Reportative - Negative | Present Dubitative Simple, Compound Reportative -- Interrogative | Present Dubitative Simple, Compound Reportative -- Negative Interrogative |
| gelirmisim --
it is said that* I come/came, would come (used to come) | gelmezmisim -- it is said that I don't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirmis miyim?-- do/did, would I supposedly come (did I use to supposedly come)? | gelmezmis miyim? -- don't/didn't, wouldn't I supposedly come? didn't I use to supposedly come? |
| gelirmissin -- it is said that you come/came, would come (used to come) | gelmezmissin -- it is said that you don't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirmis misin? -- do/did, would you supposedly come (did you use to supposedly come)? | gelmezmis misin? -- don't/didn't, wouldn't you supposedly come? did you use to supposedly come? |
| gelirmis -- it is said that he comes/came, would come (used to come) | gelmezmis -- it is said that he doesn't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirmis mi?-- does/did, would he supposedly come (did he use to supposedly come)? | gelmezmis mi? -- doesn't/didn't, wouldn't he supposedly come? didn't he use to supposedly come? |
| gelirmisiz -- it is said that we come/came, would come (used to come) | gelmezmisiz -- it is said that we don't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirmis miyiz? --
do/did, would we supposedly come (did we use to supposedly come)? | gelmezmis miyiz? -- don't/didn't, wouldn't we supposedly come? didn't we use to supposedly come? |
| gelirmissiniz -- it is said that you come/came, would come (used to come) | gelmezmissiniz -- it is said that you don't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirmis misiniz? -- do/did, would you supposedly come (did you use to supposedly come)? | gelmezmis misiniz? -- don't/didn't, wouldn't you supposedly come? didn't you use to supposedly come? |
| gelirlermis (gelirmisler) -- it is said that they come/came, will/would come (used to come) | gelmezlermis (gelmezmisler) -- it is said that they don't/didn't, wouldn't come (didn't use to come) | gelirlermis mi? (gelirmisler mi?) --
do/did, would they supposedly come (did they use to supposedly come)? | gelmezlermis mi? (gelmezmisler mi?) -- don't/didn't, wouldn't they supposedly come? didn't they use to supposedly come? |
| Related Examples:
Her Persembe sinema'ya giderlermis.
| Hiç gülmezmis.
Apparently, He doesn't laugh at all. ----- Eskiden hiç gülmezmis. He reportedly didn't use to laugh at all. ----- O zaman Charlie'ye yardIm etmezmis. At the time, he supposedly didn't help Charlie. ----- KahvaltIda çay içmezlermis. They reportedly don't drink tea at breakfast. ----- Eskiden kahvaltIda çay içmezlermis. They reportedly didn't use to drink tea at breakfast. ----- Eskiden lokantaya gitmezmis. I hear that he wouldn't go to restaurants formerly. | Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used | Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used |
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