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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Conjugations of 'Gelmek' Summary and Index Related Pages: Verb 'to be' Index The three ways to say 'to be' in Turkish Turkish Language Verbal Factoids Turkish Verbal Nouns Translating Turkish, the basics Turkish Adverbs More than you probably ever need to know about them... There are only two kinds of verbs in Turkish -- one kind ends with "mek" and the other with "mak". These two types are extremely regular. So if you learn the conjugation of one verb of each kind, it will serve well as the example for all other verbs of that kind. Ah'd rather to see conjugations of the Verb 'to be', mon The Indicative Mood Tenses (including positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative examples) Click on the verb tense name to see the conjugation with example sentences... Present Continuous Simple Tense -- geliyorum; I am coming... Simple (Aorist) 'Wide' Tense -- gelirim; I come, I'll come -- a verbal 'factoid' about this tense... Present Dubitative Continuous Compound Tense (used for hearsay) -- geliyormuşum; It's said that I'm coming... Present Continuous, Compound Conditional Tense -- geliyorsam ; If I'm coming... Present Dubitative Simple Compound Tense (used for hearsay) -- gelirmişim; It's said that I would come (used to come)... Present Simple Compound Conditional Tense -- gelirsem; If I come, if I should/would come... Present Perfect Continuous Tense -- gelmekteyim; I have been coming... Past Continuous Compound Narrative Tense -- geliyordum; I was coming... Present Perfect Tense -- I have come... Past, Definite Tense -- geldim; I came, I did come... (Timeless) Past, Simple Compound Narrative Tense -- gelirdim; I would come, I used to come... Colloquial Past, Compound Narrative -- I had come, I came, I have come... Past Definite, Compound Conditional -- geldiysem; If I came, if I have come... Past Dubitative, Simple -- It's said that I came (have come)... Past Perfect, Compound Narrative -- gelmiştim; I had come... Past Perfect, Continuous -- gelmekteydim (gelmekte idim); I had been coming... Past, Dubitative Compound (a tense for sarcasm) -- gelmişmişim; It's said that I had come... Past Dubitative, Compound Conditional ... -- gelmişsem; If I have come... Future, Simple -- geleceğim; I will come... Future Continuous -- geliyor olacağım; I shall be coming... Future Perfect Continuous -- gelmekte olacağım; I shall have been coming... Future Perfect (Past in the Future) -- gelmiş olacağım; I shall/will have come... Future in the past -- gelecektim; I was going to come (about to come...) Future, Dubitative Compound -- gelecekmişim; It's said that I'm going to come... Future, Compound Conditional -- geleceksem; If I'm going to come... The Abilitative Mood Tenses -- expressing potential actions... (including positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative examples) Simple Tense -- gelebilirim; I can come [at all times], I am able to come, I'm in a position to come... Present Continuous Tense -- gelebiliyorum; I can/may come [right now], I may be able to come... Dubitative Past Tense -- gelebilmişim; It is said that I was able to come... Definite Past -- gelebildim; I was able (could) to come... Past Continuous Tense -- gelebiliyordum; I was able (could) to come... Definite Past Perfect, Simple Tense -- gelebilirdim; I could have come, I would have been able to come... The Necessitative Mood Tenses -- expressing a requirement or obligation... (including positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative examples) Simple Tense -- gelmeliyim; I must come, I have to come, I should come... Past Narrative Compound -- gelmeliydim; I should have come, I ought to have come... Past Compound, Dubitative -- It's said that I should have come... Other Necessitative, with gerekmek -- gelmem gerekiyor; I'll have to come (my coming is necessary) The Imperative Mood Tense -- expressing a command or request... (including positive, negative examples. Interrogative, and negative interrogative examples are not applicable.) The Imperative -- gel, gelin, geliniz; [you] come... The Imperative -- formed using conditional sufixes; -sene, -senize, -sana, -sanıza The Optative Mood Tenses -- expressing a desire, wish, or condition... (including positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative examples) Simple Tense -- gelsem; If I come, if I would come, if I came... Past, Compound Narrative -- If I had come, If only I had come, If I came... Past, Compound Dubitative (used for hearsay) -- It's said that if I have come... The Subjunctive Mood Tenses -- expressing a wish, doubt, or probability... (including positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative examples) Simple -- let me come, (so) that I may come... 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