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Turkish Language Verb Tenses

Gelmek -- Abilitative Mood, Dubitative Past...

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  • The Abilitative Tenses
    Abilitative Mood

    Dubitative Past Tense (Indefinite hearsay)

    Türkce -- Yeterlik eylemi,
    Belirsiz geçmiş zaman

    Dubitative Past -- Negative Dubitative Past -- Interrogative Dubitative Past -- Negative Interrogative
    gelebilmişim --
    it is said* that I was able to come
    gelememişim --
    it is said that I wasn't able to come
    gelebilmiş miyim?--
    does it seem that I was able come?
    gelememiş miyim? --
    does it seem that I
    wasn't able to come?
    gelebilmişsin --
    it is said that you were able to come
    gelememişsin --
    it is said that you weren't able to come
    gelebilmiş misin?--
    does it seem that you were able to come?
    gelememiş misin? --
    does it seem that you weren't able to come?
    gelebilmiş --
    it is said that he was able to come
    gelememiş --
    it is said that he wasn't able to come
    gelebilmiş mi? --
    does it seem that he was able to come?
    gelememiş mi?--
    does it seem that he wasn't able to come?
    gelebilmişiz --
    it is said that we were able to come
    gelememişiz --
    it is said that we weren't able to come
    gelebilmiş miyiz? --
    does it seem that we were able to come?
    gelememiş miyiz? --
    does it seem that we weren't able to come?
    gelebilmişsiniz --
    it is said that you were able to come
    gelememişsiniz --
    it is said that you weren't able to come
    gelebilmiş misiniz? --
    does it seem that you were able to come?
    gelememiş misiniz? --
    does it seem that you weren't able to come?
    gelebilmişler --
    it is said that they were able to come
    gelememişler --
    it is said that they weren't able to come
    gelebilmişler mi? --
    does it seem that they were able to come?
    gelememişler mi? --
    does it seem that they weren't able to come?
    Related Examples:

    Televizyon çok ağırdı kaldırabilmişim.
    The television was heavy (but) supposedly I was
    able to lift (it)
    .

    Kapı çok kalın kıramamışım.
    The door was thick, supposedly I couldn't break (it) down.
    Ziyafetine gidebilmiş miyiz?
    Does it look like we were able to go to his dinner party?
    Kendisini söyleyememiş mi?
    Does it seem like he wasn't able (was unable) to tell (me) himself?

    * the phrase It is said that... may also be treated as I hear that..., I understand that..., I'm told that..., They say that..., I gather that..., It seems that..., It looks like..., Reportedly..., Apparently..., Supposedly..., Allegedly at different places in translated sentences to make the translations smoother.

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