Conditional Flashcards
What are the conditional suffixes and how are they used?
-sA for verbs, appears where -DI would
-(y)sA can be attached to both
verbs and nominals, including nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and the existentials var and
yok.
k-paradigm of person agreement
How is -sA used?
-sA is attached to the verb directly and has an irrealis interpretation, i.e., the event does not
or cannot happen or is not true
In this kind of conditional, there are some restrictions on the tense of the verb in the nonconditional clause. It is, usually, the aorist. The future -(y)AcAK is also possible marginally.
But other tense markers cannot be used.
A past tense marker can follow -sA without any change in the meaning. In other words, in
such structures -sA and -sAydI have the same meaning. The use of -(y)DI emphasizes the
conditional meaning (the impossibility of the situation
Note that when -(y)DI is used in the first clause after -sA, it should be used in the second
clause as well.
‘If I spoke French, I could look for a job in France (but I do not speak French).’
Fransızca bilsem, Fransa’da iş arayabilirim (ama bilmiyorum).
If I knew French, I’d look for a job in France.
If I spoke French, I’d look for a job in France.
Fransızca bilsem, Fransa’da iş ararım.
Fransızca bilsem, Fransa’da iş arayacağım
If I knew French, I’d look for a job in France.
Fransızca bilsem, Fransa’da iş ararım.
If I spoke French, I would have looked for work in France.
Fransızca bilseydim, Fransa’da iş arardım.
If you had learnt French last year, you could now look for work in France. inf
Geçen yıl Fransızca öğrenseydin, şimdi Fransa’da is¸ arayabilirdin.
If I’d seen your sister yesterday, I would’ve given her your books. inf
Dün ablanı görseydim, kitaplarını ona verecektim.
If I was Superman Id help you, but I’m not.
If I was Superman Id have helped you, but I’m not.
If I had been Superman Id have helped you, but I’m not.
Süpermen olsam size yardım ederim, ama değilim.
Süpermen olsam size yardım ederdim, ama değilim/ama değildim.
Süpermen olsaydim size yardım ederdim, ama değilim/ama değildim.
(You cannot say ‘Süpermen olsaydım size yardım ederim, . . . .’) ¨
I wish my sister would come to us.
Keşke ablam bize gelse.
I wish I could dance better. ¨
Keşke daha güzel dans edebilsem. ¨
I wish I could go to Paris for Christmas.
Keşke yılbaşında Paris’e gidebilsem.
I wish it wouldn’t rain.
Keşke yağmur yağmasa.
How is -sA used
-sA is not attached to nominals directly. This is a property of the tense, aspect and modality
markers that occur in the same slot as -sA. Rather, ol- is added to the structure, and -sA is
attached to it
In the case of the existential sentences, var and yok are replaced with ol- and the conditional
suffix is attached to ol-
An important property of this type of conditional is the ‘wish’ interpretation
Due to this special
interpretation of -sA, it can be used with iyi olur ‘would be good’ or fena olmaz ‘would not
be bad’ that express a wish.
Aynur’s voice is not beautiful. If it was beautiful, she would have taken a better place ın the competıtıon
Aynur’un sesi güzel değil. Güzel olsa(ydı) yarışmada daha iyi bir derece alır(dı).
If I were rich, I would travel all over the world (but I am not).
Zengin olsam bütün dünyayı dolaşırım (ama değilim).
I haven’t got any change. If I had change, I’d tip you.
Bozuk param yok. Bozuk param olsa bahşiş veririm.
There are no passengers at the bus stop. If there were passengers at the bus stop, the bus would stop and pick them up.
Durakta hiç yolcu yok. Durakta yolcu olsa, otobüs durup yolcuları alır.
Were you to get up a lıttle earlıer ın the mornıng ıt would be good
Sabah biraz daha erken kalksan iyi olur.
were they to speak wıth a louder voıce ıt would be no bad thıng
Biraz daha yüksek sesle konuşsalar fena olmaz.
If I call
arasam
If I wait
beklesem
If I knew
bilsem
if you dance ınf
dans etsen
if you listen ınf
dinlesen
ıf you rest ınf
dinlensen
if it’s late
geç kalsa
if he comes
gelse
ıf he goes
gitse
If we drink
içsek
If we want
istesek
If we stay
kalsak
ıf you form talk
konuşsanız
ıf you form run
koşsanız
ıf you form understand
anlasanız
if they give
verseler
if they read
okusalar
if they have fun
eğlenseler
if I don’t like
sevmesem
if I don’t sing
şarkı söylemesem
if I don’t ask a questıon
soru sormasam
if you ınf don’t telephone
sen telefon etmesen
if you ınf don’t sleep
uyumasan
if you ınf don’t gıve
vermesen
if he doesn’t sleep
yatmasa
if he doesn’t eat
yemese
if he doesn’t walk
yürümese
if we don’t buy
almasak
if we don’t find
bulmasak
if we don’t think
düşünmesek
if you form are not sick
hasta olmasanız
if you form dont get up.
, kalkmasanız
if you form dont learn
öğrenmeseniz
if they don’t sit
oturmasalar
if they don’t go on holıday
tatil yapmasalar
if they don’t travel
gezmeseler
should I call?
arasam mı?
should I waıt?
beklesem mi?
should I relax?
dinlensem mi?
should you ınf dance?
dans etsen mi?
should you ınf lısten?
dinlesen mi?
should you ınf read?
okusan mı?
should he run?
koşsa mı?
should he come?
gelse mi?
should he go?
gitse mi?
should we buy it?
satın alsak mı?
should we find it?
bulsak mı?
should we think?
düşünsek mi?
should you form rent it?
kiralasanız mı?
should you form get up?
kalksanız mı?
should you form learn it?
öğrenseniz mi?
should they sit down?
otursalar mı?
should they go on holıday?
tatil yapsalar mı?
should they travel?
gezseler mi?
If children didn’t get sick so often
Çocuklar bu kadar sık hasta olmasalar
If we go to Marmaris every summer
Biz her yaz Marmaris’e gitsek
(They) should offer us hot chocolate too
(Onlar) bize de sıcak çikolata ikram etseler
Were Onur to spend the holidays with us
Onur tatili bizimle geçirse
If Esen played the gita for us
Esen bize gita çalsa
If (You ınf) stay with us tonight
(Sen) bu gece bizde kalsan
If I cry, will you hear my voice? form
Ağlasam sesimi duyar mısınız?
If you carry change with you form
Yanınızda bozuk para taşısanız
(Should we call the police?
(Biz) Polis çağırsak mı?
were you to accompany us form
Siz de bize eşlik etseniz
If I could go to bed early tonight
(Ben) bu gece erken yatabilsem
If Mr Hüseyin doesn’t ask too difficult questions in the exam
Hüseyin bey sınavda çok zor sormasa
If he had a good voice at any rate
Sesi güzel olsa neyse
If (we) were tourists
(Biz) turist olsak
If Murat got married at the beginning of the summer
Murat bu yazın başında evlense
If our house was closer to the campus.
Evimiz kampüse daha yakın olsa
If aeroplane tickets were not so expensive
Uçak biletleri bu kadar pahalı olmasa
If the princess didn’t kiss the frog
Prenses kurbağayı öpmese
If Adnan didn’t call us every day.
Adnan bizi hergün aramasa
If Ataturk were alive
Atatürk hayatta olsa
If the sea water gets a little warmer
Deniz suyu biraz daha ısınsa
If my roommate speaks Turkish
Oda arkadaşım Türkçe bilse
If it didn’t rain anymore
Artık yağmur yağmasa
If Topkapi Palace were open today
Topkapı Sarayı bugün açık olsa
Now if only we could have a frothy Turkish coffee.
Şimdi şöyle köpüklü bir Türk kahvesi olsa da içsek.
Ayşe doesn’t have children. If she had children, she couldn’t come on holiday with us.
Ayşe’nin çocugu yok. Çocuğu olsa bizimle bu tatile gelemez.
I’m not a student. If I was a student, I’d buy a student ticket.
Ben öğrenci değilim. Öğrenci olsam öğrenci bileti alırım
We’re full. If we didn’t have a full stomach, we’d come to dınner wıth you form
Bizim karnımız tok. Karnımız tok olmasa sizinle yemeğe geliriz.
There’s a game on telly tonight
If there’s no game on TV tonight, we’ll watch that romantic film.
Bu akşam televizyonda maç var
Bu akşam televizyonda maç olmasa o romantik filmi seyrederiz.