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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Gelmek -- Present Dubitative Continuous, Compound Turkish Verb Tense 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 Present Tenses Indicative Mood Present Dubitative Continuous, Compound Tense (hearsay)** Türkçe -- Bileşik Eylem ZamanlarI; Şimdiki ZamanIn, Rivayeti Present Dubitative Continuous, Compound -- Negative Present Dubitative Continuous, Compound -- Interrogative Present Dubitative Continuous, Compound -- Negative Interrogative geliyormuşum -- it is said that* I'm coming, I was coming, I use to come, I come gelemiyormuşum -- it is said that I'm not coming, I wasn't coming, I didn't use to come, I don't come geliyormuş muyum?-- Am I supposed to be coming? gelemiyormuş muyum?-- Am I not supposed to be coming? geliyormuşsun -- it is said that you're coming, you were coming, you used to come, you come gelemiyormuşsun -- it is said that you're not coming, you weren't coming, you didn't use to come, you didn't come geliyormuş musun?-- are you supposed to be coming? gelemiyormuş musun? -- aren't you supposed to be coming? geliyormuş -- it is said that he's coming, he was coming, he used to come, he comes gelemiyormuş -- it is said that he's not coming, he wasn't coming, he didn't use to come, he doesn't come geliyormuş mu? -- is he supposed to be coming? gelemiyormuş mu? -- isn't he supposed to be coming? geliyormuşuz -- it is said that we're coming, we were coming, we used to come, we come gelemiyormuşuz -- it is said that we're not coming, we weren't coming, we didn't use to come, we don't come geliyormuş muyuz? -- are we supposed to be coming? gelemiyormuş muyuz? -- aren't we supposed to be coming? geliyormuşsunuz -- it is said that you're coming, you were coming, you used to come, you come gelemiyormuşsunuz -- it is said that you're not coming, you weren't coming, you didn't use to come, you don't come geliyormuş musunuz? -- are you supposed to be coming? gelemiyormuş musunuz? -- aren't you supposed to be coming? geliyorlarmış (geliyormuşlar) -- it is said that they're coming, they were coming, they used to come, they come gelemiyorlarmış (gelemiyormuşlar) -- it is said that they're not coming, they weren't coming, they didn't use to come, they don't come geliyorlarmış mı? (geliyormuşlar mı?) -- are they supposed to be coming? gelemiyorlarmış mı? (gelemiyormuşlar mı?) -- aren't they supposed to be coming? Related Examples: Uçakla geliyormuş. It is said that she is coming by plane. ----- Ahmet şimdi otele gidiyormuş. Ahmet is reportedly going to the hotel right now. ----- Bu sabah Ahmedi gördüğü zaman otele gidiyormuş. When she saw Ahmet this morning, he was reportedly going to the hotel. ----- Derse saat sekizde başlıyormuş. They supposedly start class at eight o'clock. ----- Eskiden derse saat sekizde başlıyormuş. They apparently used to start class at 8 o'clock. Ahmedin sölyediğine göre gelemiyorlarmiş. According to what Ahmet said, I gather that they're not coming. ----- Hiç gülmiyormuş. She reportedly doesn't laugh at all. ----- Eskiden hiç gülmiyormuş. She reportedly didn't use to laugh at all. ----- Bu sabah onları gordüğü zaman otele gitmiyorlarmiş. When she saw them this morning, they apparently weren't going to the hotel. ----- Otobüsle gitmiyorlarmiş. I gather that they don't go by bus. ----- Aliye yardım etmiyormuş. I'm told that he doesn't help Ali. Kim Ankaraya gidyormuş? Who is supposedly going to Ankara? ----- Jim acele acele nereye gidiyormuş? Where is Jim supposedly going so quickly? ----- Patlıcan salatası seviyorlarmış mı? Are they supposed to like egg-plant salad? Almanya'ya tatil için gidemiyormuş musunuz? Aren't you supposedly going to Germany for holiday? ----- Hiç Ankara'nin havasına alışmiyormuş musunuz? Don't you supposedly ever get used to the Ankara weather? * The phrase It is said that... may also be treated as I hear (or heard) 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. ** Note: As shown in the examples, this verb tense (depending on the context of the sentence) may be used for expressions in the past or the present. Related Pages: All the Turkish Verb Tenses, Index The three ways to say 'to be' in Turkish Verb 'to be' Index Turkish Verbal Nouns Turkish Adverbs Turkish Language Verbal Factoids Turkish Language Verb Tense for inference and doubt Practical Participle Constructions Translating Turkish Also: Essential Turkish Vocabulary Turkish Pronunciation Essential Idioms, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Accenting Numbers in Turkish Unrelated Fun: My First Time A Whopper of a Turkish TV Blooper Deniz Akkaya's got a he-tox problem... 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