-Iyor, the progressive Flashcards
progressive marker
-Iyor
What is the progressive marker?
to describe
on-going, continuous events.
it can be
used to talk about habits and everyday things you do.
-Iyor vowel harmony
Verbs ending in consonants: last vowel
e, i + iyor
a, ı + iyor
u, o + uyor
ü, ö + üyor
verbs ending in u, ü, ı, i take yor
If the verb ends in other vowels (a, e, o, ö), these vowels are omitted and -Iyor changes
to harmonize with the preceeding vowel.
how do de- and ye- change with the continuous
ye - yiyor
de - diyor
person markers
continuous
ben -um
sen -sun
O -O
Biz -uz
Siz -sunuz
Onlar -lar
negative suffix
mA
question marker
mI
you want
Do you want?
istiyorsun
istiyor musun?
I want
Do I want?
istiyorum
istiyor muyum?
Future suffix
-(y)AcAk
Verbs ending in a vowel
take -yacak or -yecek. Verbs ending in a consonant take -acak or -ecek, with the omission
of y. The k at the end of the suffix is replaced by ˘g when a vowel follows it due to
suffixation.
I will go to Ankara tomorrow
Yarın Ankara’ya gideceğim
‘tomorrow’
yarın
next week
gelecek hafta
next month
gelecek ay
next year
gelecek yıl
‘a little later’ (2)
birazdan / biraz sonra
‘soon /very soon’
yakında
çok yakında
‘again’
tekrar
one month later’
bir ay sonra
two weeks later’
iki hafta sonra
after class
dersten sonra
‘from now on/not any more’
artık
when is olacak used for the future
if there is no verb, ol- is required, used for predicate adjective constructions
Ayşe is very rich.
Ayşe will be very rich.
Ayşe çok zengin.
Ayşe çok zengin olacak.
What is the past tense marker?
-DI
Person markers with DI (want to)
istemek
ben istedim
sen - istedin
O - istedi
Biz - istedik
Siz - istediniz
Onlar - istediler
What is different in the negation and question of -DI compared to the progressive and future?
-mA comes after the stem, then -DI comes after it.
In the question form, you add -DI and the question particle comes right after -DI
With future and progressive, the person markers come after the question particle, with the past tense, the question particle comes after the person markers
I wanted
I did not want
Did I want?
Didn’t I want?
Will I want to?
istedim
istemedim (stem-negative-DI - person)
istedim mi? (stem-DI -person - question particle)
istemedim mi? (stem-negative-DI - person - question particle)
isteyecek miyim? (verb sterm - -(y)AcAK) - question particle - person
Yesterday
dün
the day before yesterday
önceki gün
last week.
Geçen hafta.
last month.
Geçen ay.
last year
‘geçen yıl’
‘a while ago
biraz önce
one month ago
bir ay önce
two weeks ago
iki hafta önce
before the class
dersten önce
yet (2)
henüz (negative)
daha
never, ever
hiç
‘recently’
son zamanlarda
What is the past tense marker when attached to nouns, adjectives, or var/yok
-(y)DI, y is dropped following a consonant
I was a doctor
doktordum.
I was not a doctor
doktor değildim.
Was I a doctor?
Doktor muydum?
wasn’t I a doctor?
Doktor değil miydim?
you were a doctor
Doktordun
you weren’t a doctor
Doktor değildin
Were you a doctor?
Doktor muydun?
weren’t you a doctor?
doktor değil miydin?
He was a doctor. He wasn’t a doctor. Was he a doctor? Wasn’t he a doctor?
doktordu
Doktor değildi
Doktor muydu?
Doktor değil miydi?
They were doctors. They weren’t doctors. Were they doctors? Weren’t they doctors?
doktordular/doktorlardı
Doktor değildiler/Doktor değillerdi.
Doktor muydular?/ Doktorlar mıydı
Doktor değil miydiler?/Doktor değiller miydi?
How does (y)DI behave differently from -DI?
in the negative, it is attatched to the negative değil rather than the noun
In questions, the person markers and (y)DI come after the question particle, in verbs, -DI and the person markers come right after the verb.
did you go?
Were you tired?
Gittin mi?
yorgun muydun?
have we arrived?
Were we tired?
Geldik mi?
yorgun muyduk?
How does one express hearsay, indirect experience, inference
-mIş
(It turns out that / I heard that) Selim went to Ankara last week
Selim geçen hafta Ankara’ya gitmiş
Have you heard? (formal) Aysel bought a new car.
Duydunuz mu? Aysel yeni bir araba almış.
I read in the paper. There was a traffic accident in Bursa. Five people were injured.
Gazetede okudum. Bursa’da bir trafik kazası olmuş. Beş kişi yaralanmış.
-mIş paradigm istemek (ben) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemişim, istememişim, istemiş miyim? istememiş miyim?
-mIş paradigm istemek (sen) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemişsin, istememişsin, istemiş misin? istememiş misin?
-mIş paradigm istemek (O) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemiş, istememiş, istemiş mi? istememiş mi?
-mIş paradigm istemek (biz) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemişiz, istememişiz, istemiş miyiz? istememiş miyiz?
-mIş paradigm istemek (siz) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemişsiniz, istememişsiniz, istemiş misiniz? istememiş misiniz?
-mIş paradigm istemek (onlar) (positive, negative, interrogative, interrogative negative)
istemişler, istememişler, istemişler mi?istememişler mi?
What is the aorist -Ir/-Ar?
used to express general facts, polite requests and questions, probable
situations, uncertain plans, guesses, habits, likes and dislikes.
Sun rises from the east.’
Güneş doğudan doğar.
Fish lives in water
Balık suda yaşar
Could you open the door?’
Lütfen kapıyı açar mısınız?’
Could you pass the salt?
Lütfen tuzu verir misiniz? ‘
Maybe we go to the movies tomorrow.’
Yarın belki sinemaya gideriz.’
Maybe Selim also comes with us
Belki Selim de bizimle gelir
My mother wouldn’t like this dress.’
Annem bu elbiseyi beğenmez
I drink coffee with sugar.’
Ben kahveyi şekerli içerim.’
I never drink coffee.
Ben hiç kahve içmem.
What is the pattern for the aorist
Polysyllabic words ending in consonants take -Ir
Most monosyllabic verbs ending in consonants take -Ar
vowel ending verbs take only -r
Thirteen verbs, although they are monosyllabic, take
-Ir rather than -Ar.
Thirteen verbs, although they are monosyllabic, take
-Ir rather than -Ar.
al, bil, bul, dur, gel, gör, kal, ol, öl, san, ver, var, vur
How is the aorist particle irregular in the negative?
. In the first person singular (ben) and the first
person plural (biz) there is no aorist marker after negation. Person markers come directly
after negation.
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. In all the other persons, the aorist marker surfaces as -z
what does -DIr mean when attached to verbs and nouns?
fact or guess
The chicken is a bipedal animal.
Tavuk iki ayaklı bir hayvandır.
The world is round
Dünya yuvarlaktır
what is -mAktA
similar to -Iyor, but more formal.
The present sense that it expresses covers a
larger period of time and a longer and more repetitive event than would be expressed with
-Iyor.
Thousands of tourists come to Istanbul every year. Formal, more formal.
Istanbul’a her yıl binlerce turist gelmekte.
Istanbul’a her yıl binlerce turist gelmektedir.
When does DIr only express guess/fact
It expresses only guess with -Iyor. It
expresses only fact with -mAktA.