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Present Continuous 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 ... ...
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3. Future tense (Gelecek zaman) as low as

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4. Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmi! zaman) --> Regular past tense Ona göre
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5. Past tense with -mi! (-mi!'li geçmi! zaman) --> Also called the story past tense to...
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To start with, let's review some verbs we'll use in the following lessons and their meanings: it please help me ...
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gelmek --> to come sam1: ...
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gitmek --> to go insallah: Selam Cnm, bizi hatirladin yine, cok sag
bir gundu ama hava sog...
okumak --> to read sahip (olmak)?
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kapatmak --> to close as any noun. As...
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ko!mak --> to run rubyraven7: Thanks Tunci! I really appreciate you
Please let me know if I...
aramak --> to call seni annen mi giydirdi?
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konu!mak --> to talk in Swedish?
colloquial in future tense
vermek --> to give tunci: Colloquial in Present ... Tense ; [Note: this fo
informal and ...

kaynamak --> to boil

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çalı!mak --> to work
yemek --> to eat Random Pictures of Turkey
beklemek --> to wait

The meaning of tenses are given using some suffixes. There are some important properties common
to all these suffixes denoting tense:
The suffix for tenses is added right after the verb root if the verb is positive, or after the
negating suffix if the verb is negative.
The present tense for of 'to be' comes after the suffix for tense.
Therefore, the order becomes: verb root + (negative) + tense + present tense to be
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This is different only for the regular past tense, where past tense form of to be is used.
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1. Present continuous tense (!imdiki zaman)
The suffix for present continuous tense is -iyor. Present continuous tense is used, very much like the Profile of Prashantsharma
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I am working now. --> !imdi çalı"ıyorum.
I am eating ice cream. --> Dondurma yiyorum.
To tell something you will do in the close future Profile of CHiZZY

Wait, I'm coming in 5 minutes. --> Bekle, 5 dakika içinde geliyorum.

Present continuous tense is used only for verbs, it is not meaningful for nouns and adjectives. Profile of BooBoo

Present continuous tense of a verb is constructed this way:

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verb root + (negative) + iyor + present tense to be

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If the verb you want to add the suffix -iyor ends with a vowel, drop the last vowel and add -iyor.
Otherwise, just simply add -iyor. Be careful about the vowel harmony rules for the 'i' of -iyor. Let's Story by erdinc
see how a verb is put into present continuous tense on the following examples:
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gel-iyor --> geliyor --> he is coming
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git-iyor-im --> gidiyorum --> i am going Level: beginner
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oku-iyor --> okuyor --> he is reading
countries
kapat-iyor-iz --> kapatıyoruz --> we are closing
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ko"-iyor --> ko"uyor --> he is running Level: beginner

ara-iyor-sin --> arıyorsun --> you are calling Antalya - Kaleici

konu"-iyor --> konu"uyor --> he is talking
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ver-me-iyor --> vermiyor --> he is not giving
ye-me-iyor --> yemiyor --> he is not eating Noun states

gel-me-iyor-siniz --> gelmiyorsunuz --> you are not coming (plural you)
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Level: beginner

And let's see how present continuous tense is used with different cases of person.
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English Turkish
to come --> gelmek
i am coming (ben) geliyor-im --> geliyorum
you are coming (sen) geliyor-sin --> geliyorsun
he \ (o) geliyor
she | is coming
it /

we are coming (biz) geliyor-iz --> geliyoruz

you are coming (siz) geliyor-siniz --> geliyorsunuz
they are coming (onlar) geliyor-ler --> geliyorlar
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