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Story Past Tense Lookup

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There are 5 fundamental tenses in Turkish. These are: Open mini chat

1. Present simple tense (Geni! zaman) New in Forums

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2. Present continuous tense ("imdiki zaman) ulak: ... ... ya da ... olsalarda, herkesin yemek ... ...
... y...

3. Future tense (Gelecek zaman) as low as

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as ...
4. Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmi! zaman) --> Regular past tense Ona göre
si++: Literally: x´e göre = as it looks to x, how it l
5. Past tense with -mi! (-mi!'li geçmi! zaman) --> Also called the story past tense to...
Turkish to English
Past tense with -mi! (-mi!'li geçmi! zaman) ==> Also harp00n: Derya has a wifi ... i´m using it for e-m

called the story past tense 5 kilo fazlam var...

Abla: Thank you for your answers, AlphaF, gokuyu
ikicihan.
To obtain the story past tense of a verb, we append the suffix -mi! to the verb. Be careful about the
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harmony rules. Past tense with -mi! is used: nifrtity: I will search for this lyrics more but I didn
it please help me ...
To talk about something you learned from somebody else or some other resource, there is some turkish to english please
sam1: ...
uncertainty in the statement. If you use the story past tense when talking about something, it Turkish to English
implies that you are not the source of the information and you shouldn't be responsible for the insallah: Selam Cnm, bizi hatirladin yine, cok sag
bir gundu ama hava sog...
mistakes. sahip (olmak)?
Abla: sahip is an Arabic loanword which means ...
I talked to his mother. He went to school. --> Annesiyle konu!tum. Okula gitmi!. (The as any noun. As...
part about talking to the mother is your direct experience, so you tell it using regular Please help me translate T-E
rubyraven7: Thanks Tunci! I really appreciate you
past tense. However, the part about he going to school is information you got from the Please let me know if I...
mother, so you tell it using story past tense.) seni annen mi giydirdi?
Abla: ... by the way, do you have the Turkish loanw
in Swedish?
To talk about something you just learned or understood
colloquial in future tense
tunci: Colloquial in Present ... Tense ; [Note: this fo
Is this your daughter? She is very beautiful. --> Bu senin kızın mı? Çok güzelmi!. (You informal and ...
just noticed that she is beautiful, and you express this using story past tense)
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Simple stories are written and told in using this tense.

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Story past tense of a word is constructed this way:
word root + (negative) + mi! + present tense to be

The same way story past tense is applied to verbs, it can also be applied to nouns and adjectives.
I talked to Kemal about her. She is sick. --> Kemal'le onun hakkında konu!tum. Hastaymı!. (You
learned that she is sick from Kemal)
Prime minister was in France yesterday. --> Ba!bakan dün Fransadaymı!. (You use story past tense
because you learned this from somebody else or from the news)
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Prime minister was not in France yesterday. --> Ba!bakan dün Fransada de#ilmi!. (Remember that
negatives of non-verbs are made with de"il) Most commented

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Let's see the use of story past tense on some example verbs.
gel-mi! --> gelmi! --> he came
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git-mi!-siniz--> gitmi!siniz --> you went (plural you)
oku-mi!-sin--> okumu!sun --> you read
kapat-mi!-ler--> kapatmı!lar --> they closed Profile of CHiZZY

ko!-me-mi!--> ko!mamı! --> he did not run

ara-me-mi!-sin--> aramamı!sın --> you did not call
konu!-me-mi!-ler--> konu!mamı!lar --> they did not talk Profile of BooBoo

ver-mi!-iz--> vermi!iz --> we gave

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Finally, let's see how a verb is used in the story past tense with different personal pronouns.

English Turkish
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to wait --> beklemek
i waited (ben) beklemi!-im --> beklemi!im Story by erdinc

you waited (sen) beklemi!-sin --> beklemi!sin Alphabet

he \ (o) beklemi!
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she | waited Level: beginner
it / Lesson 4: Names of nations
countries
we waited (biz) beklemi!-iz --> beklemi!iz
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you waited (siz) beklemi!-siniz --> beklemi!siniz Level: beginner

they waited (onlar) beklemi!-ler --> beklemi!ler Antalya - Kaleici

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Comments (8)

aloosh Jan 18 + -
konu!mamı!lar --> they did not talk Report
they talked = ??? (+1)

please help

sahar elgammal 7/18/2011 + -

found it very helpful Report
(+2)

erayyyy 6/27/2011 + -
@MineMetin Report

No!!! Past perfect does not equal (mi!´li geçmi! zaman).

 Past Perfect tense is used by British speakers and it is used to indicate an
action happened before another.. However, with the mi!´li geçmi!
zaman, you cannot always tell which action happened before or later on.
=)) I hope this helps.
sarona 2/2/2011 + -
hmmm Report
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D.Erika 12/11/2009 + -
a bit complicated ...but thank you ! Report
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Hbb 11/26/2009 + -
For this part, it is called "non-evidential" for the "-mis li gecmis zaman" Report
and "evidential" for the "-di li gecmis zaman". (+1)

MineMetin 11/23/2009 + -

this part is not correct ; as far as I know, we have to use "had + Verb 3" in Report
story-past-tense (mis´li gecmis zaman)??? PLEASE CORRECT THIS (+3)
PART

jawad 7/30/2009 + -
very helpful lessons ,,thanks every ont there,jawad from afghanistan . Report
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