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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Gelmek -- Indicative Mood, Past Continuous 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 Indicative Mood Indicative Mood Past Continuous (or Progressive), Compound Narrative Tense (Türkçe -- Bileşik Eylem Zamanları, şimdiki zamanın hikâyesi) Past Continuous, Compound Narrative -- Negative Past Continuous, Compound Narrative -- Interrogative Past Continuous, Compound Narrative -- Negative Interrogative geliyordum -- I was coming gelmiyordum -- I wasn't coming geliyor muydum? -- was I coming? gelmiyor muydum? -- wasn't I coming? geliyordun - you were coming gelmiyordun -- you weren't coming geliyor muydun? -- were you coming? gelmiyor muydun? -- weren't you coming? geliyordu -- he was coming gelmiyordu -- he wasn't coming geliyor muydu? -- was he coming? gelmiyor muydu? -- wasn't he coming? geliyorduk -- we were coming gelmiyorduk -- we weren't coming geliyor muyduk? -- were we coming? gelmiyor muyduk? -- weren't we coming? geliyordunuz -- you were coming gelmiyordunuz -- you weren't coming geliyor muydunuz? -- were you coming? gelmiyor muydunuz? -- weren't you coming? geliyorlardı (geliyordular) -- they were coming gelmiyorlardı (gelmiyordular) -- they weren't coming geliyorlar mıydı? (geliyordular mı?) -- were they coming? gelmiyorlar mıydı? (gelmiyordular mı?) -- weren't they coming? Related Examples: Yunusbalığı sakin denizde oldukça hızlı yüzüyordü. The dolphin was swimming quite fast in the calm sea. ----- Diğerleri odun toplarken biz de yiyeceği hazırlıyorduk. While the others were collecting the firewood, we were preparing the food. ----- Onlar bu sabah tenis oynuyorlardı. They were playing tennis this morning. ----- Dışarı çıktığımızda güneş doğuyordu. The sun was rising when we went out. ----- Epeydir böyle bir ev arıyorduk. We were looking for a house like that (such a house) for a long time. Beni dinlemiyordu. She wasn't listening to me. ----- Ders çalışmayı istemiyordum ama mecburdum. I didn't want (wasn't desiring) to study, but I had to. Geldiğiniz zaman yazıyor muydu? Was he writing when you came? Onunla çalışmıyor muydun? Weren't you studying with her?

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