Turkish Verb -- Past Dubitative, Compound, For Sarcasm

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Turkish Verb Tenses

Gelmek -- Past Dubitative, Compound
(a tense for sarcasm)

The Indicative Mood Tenses

Indicative Mood Past, Dubitative Compound Tense (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm) Türkce -- Bilesik Eylem ZamanlarI, Belirsiz geçmis zamanIn rivayeti	Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)	Past, Dubitative Compound -- Interrogative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)	Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative Interrogative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)
gelmismisim -- it is said that* I had come	gelmemismisim -- it is said that I hadn't come	gelmismis miyim? -- had I supposedly come?	gelmemismis miyim? -- hadn't I supposedly come?
gelmismissin -- it is said that you had come	gelmemismissin -- it is said that you hadn't come	gelmismis misin? -- had you supposedly come?	gelmemismis misin? -- hadn't you supposedly come?
gelmismis -- it is said that he had come	gelmemismis -- it is said that he hadn't come	gelmismis mi?-- had he supposedly come?	gelmemismis mi?-- hadn't he supposedly come?
gelmismisiz -- it is said that we had come	gelmemismisiz -- it is said that we hadn't come	gelmismis miyiz? -- had we supposedly come?	gelmemismis miyiz? -- hadn't we supposedly come?
gelmismissiniz -- it is said that you had come	gelmemismissiniz -- it is said that you hadn't come	gelmismis misiniz? -- had you supposedly come?	gelmemismis misiniz? -- hadn't you supposedly come?
gelmislermis (gelmismisler) -- it is said that they had come	gelmemislermis (gelmemismisler) -- it is said that they hadn't come	gelmislermis mi? (gelmismisler mi?) -- had they supposedly come?	gelmemislermis mi? (gelmemismisler mi?) -- hadn't they supposedly come?
Related Example: Q. Paul Revere dün aksam size geldi mi? A. Bilmem, gûya gelmismis, biz evde yokmusuz. Oysaki biz bütün gece evdeydik. -- Q. Did Paul Revere come to visit you last night? A. (spoken sarcastically) I don't know, but I hear that he had supposedly come and that we reportedly weren't at home. Yet, we were at home all night.

* the phrase It is said that... may also be treated as I hear that..., I understand that..., I'm told that..., They say that..., I gather that..., It seems that..., It looks like..., Reportedly..., Apparently..., Supposedly..., Allegedly at different places in translated sentences to make the translations smoother.

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