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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Gelmek -- Past Definite, Compound, Conditional... 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 Tenses Indicative Mood Past Definite, Compound Conditional Tense* (Türkce -- Bileşik Eylem Zamanları, Belirli geçmiş zamanın şartı) Past Definite, Compound Conditional -- Negative Past Definite, Compound Conditional -- Interrogative) Past Definite, Compound Conditional -- Negative Interrogative geldiysem -- if I came, if I have come gelmediysem -- if I haven't come geldiysem mi? -- [what] if I came? gelmediysem mi? -- [what] if I haven't come? geldiysen -- if you came, if you have come gelmediysen -- if you haven't come geldiysen mi? -- [what] if you came? gelmediysen mi? -- [what] if you haven't come? geldiyse -- if he came, if he has come gelmediyse -- if he hasn't come geldiyse mi? -- [what] if he came? gelmediyse mi?-- [what] if he hasn't come? geldiysek -- if we came, if we have come gelmediysek -- if we haven't come geldiysek mi? -- [what] if we came? gelmediysek mi? -- [what] if we haven't come? geldiyseniz -- if you came, if you have come gelmediyseniz -- if you haven't come geldiyseniz mi? -- [what] if you came? gelmediyseniz mi?-- [what] if you haven't come? geldiyseler -- if they came, if they have come gelmediyseler -- if they haven't come geldiyseler mi? -- [what] if they came? gelmediyseler mi? -- [what] if they haven't come? Related Examples Bill Bey size geldiyse, bize de uğrasın. If (Mr.) Bill has come (to see you), tell him to call on us, too. Bu kitabı okumadıysanız, lutfen okuyunuz. If you haven't read this book, please read it. ----- Jane dün okula gelmediyse, mutlaka hastadır. If Jane didn't come to school yesterday, she must have been sick. Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used, but may be seen infrequently in the following type of conversation between two people... Person #1: Dolapta biraları içtiyseniz yandınız! If you drank [all] the beer in the fridge, then you'll be 'wiped out'. Person #2: Içtiysek mi? Ne olmuş yani, alt tarafa 8 - 10 şişe bira. If I drank it [all]? What's the big, deal...It's only about 8 or 10 beers. Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used, but may be seen infrequently in the following type of conversation between two people... Person #1: Ocağı kapatmayı iyiki unutmadın, ben herzaman unuturum. You didn't forget to turn off the oven [did you?]. I'm always forgetting. Person #2: Ya kapatmadıysam? And if I didn't turn [it] off? Person #1: Kapatmadıysan mi? Bütün evi havaya uçururuz! If you didn't turn it off? Why we'll lose our house [it will disapper]! Person #2: Şaka, şaka...Kapatmaz olur muyum hiç, tabii ki kapattim. I'm just kidding! Would I forget to shut [it] off? Of course I shut it off... * compare this tense with the Optative Mood Simple Tense...

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