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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Gelmek -- Necessitative Mood, Past Narrative Compound... Related Pages: All the Turkish Verb Tenses, Index Turkish Verbal Nouns Turkish Language Verbal Factoids Verb 'to be' Index The three ways to say 'to be' in Turkish Turkish Adverbs The Necessitative Mood Necessitative Mood Past, Compound Narrative Tense (Gereklilik Kipinin , Geçmiş zaman hikâyesi) Past, Compound Narrative-- Negative Past, Compound Narrative -- Interrogative Past, Compound Narrative -- Negative Interrogative gelmeliydim -- I should have come, I ought to have come gelmemeliydim -- I shouldn't have come gelmeli miydim? -- should I have come? gelmemeli miydim? -- shouldn't I have come? gelmeliydin -- you should have come gelmemeliydin -- you shouldn't have come gelmeli miydin? -- should you have come? gelmemeli miydin? -- shouldn't you have come? gelmeliydi -- he should have come gelmemeliydi -- he shouldn't have come gelmeli miydi? -- should he have come? gelmemeli miydi? -- shouldn't he have come? gelmeliydik -- we should have come gelmemeliydik -- we shouldn't have come gelmeli miydik? -- should we have come? gelmemeli miydik? -- shouldn't we have come? gelmeliydiniz -- you should have come gelmemeliydiniz -- you shouldn't have come gelmeli miydiniz? -- should you have come? gelmemeli miydiniz? -- shouldn't you have come? gelmeliydiler -- they should have come gelmemeliydiler -- they shouldn't have come gelmeliler miydi? -- should they have come? gelmemeli miydiler? -- shouldn't they have come? Related Examples: Bugün çok balık tutmalıydım. I should have caught a lot of fish today. ----- Sabahki manzarayı bir de sen görmeliydin. You also should have seen the view this morning. ----- Bir şemsiye almalıydın. You should have taken an umbrella. ----- Maç saat 3'te başlamalıydı, ama bir gecikme oldu. The football match should have started at three o'clock, but there was a delay. ----- Sadece şaka yaptığımı anlamalıydınız. You should have realized that I was only joking. Ilk gün güneşte çok kalmamalıydın. You shouldn't have stayed [so] long in the sun on the first day. ----- Köpekbalığı olan yerlerde denize girmemeliydiniz. You shouldn't have entered into the sea because there are sharks in the area. ----- Bügün geç kalkmamalıydım. I shouldn't have gotten up late this morning. ----- Yanlış bir kızla evlenmemeliydiniz. You shouldn't have married the wrong woman. Garsona bir bahşiş vermeli miydim? Should I have given the waiter a tip? Bu seçimde, oyumu Republican partiye kullanmamalı mıydım? Shouldn't I have voted for the Republican party in this election?

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