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Turkish Language Verb Tenses Gelmek -- Simple Past, Definite 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 Past Tenses (also see Present Perfect Tense -- where geldim, for example, may be used to convey the meaning I have come...) Indicative Mood Simple Past, Definite Tense Türkçe -- Berlirli Geçmiş Zaman Simple Past, Definite -- Negative Simple Past, Definite -- Interrogative Simple Past, Definite -- Negative Interrogative geldim -- I came, I did come gelmedim -- I didn't come geldim mi?-- did I come? gelmedim mi? -- didn't I come? geldin -- you came, you did come gelmedin -- you didn't come geldin mi? -- did you come? gelmedin mi? -- didn't you come? geldi -- he came, he did come gelmedi -- he didn't come geldi mi?-- did he come? gelmedi mi? -- didn't he come? geldik -- we came, we did come gelmedik -- we didn't come geldik mi?-- did we come? gelmedik mi? -- didn't we come? geldiniz -- you came, you did come gelmediniz -- you didn't come geldiniz mi? -- did you come? gelmediniz mi? -- didn't you come? geldiler -- they came, they did come gelmediler -- they didn't come geldiler mi? -- did they come? gelmediler mi? -- didn't they come? Related Examples: Kızkardeşini plajda gördüm. I saw your sister at the beach. ----- Kapıyı açmaya calıştılar. They tried to open the door. ----- Kapıyı açmayı denediler. They tried opening the door. ----- O senin sorunu cevapladı. He answered your question. ----- Habersiz geldiler. They came unannounced. Anneme yazdığım mektubu bitirmedim. I didn't finish the letter that I wrote to my mother. ----- Birkaç tane kartpostal satın aldım, ama hiç pul almadım. I bought some postcards but I didn't get (buy) any stamps. ----- Sen hiç yanlışlık yapmadın. You didn't make any mistakes. Sana yatak odasınI gösterdi mi? Did he show you the bedroom? ----- Otobüs durağındaki kizlara dikkat ettin mi? Did you notice the girls at the bus stop? ----- O senin ismini sordu mu? Did he ask your name? ----- Onun ne yapmakta olduğunu gördün mü? Did you see what he was doing? Senin sorularına cevap vermediler mı? Didn't they answer your questions? ----- O senin ismini sormadı mı? Didn't he ask your name? ----- O senin sözlüğünü ödünç almadı mı? Didn't he borrow your dictionary? 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: Traditional Turkish Humor 1 Traditional Turkish Humor 2 Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper Turkish Tongue Twisters Turkish Belly Dancers Turkish Terms Of Endearment Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Turkish Movies Catalog, Letter-A Turkish Kinsey Report #1 - Turkey opens up about its seks Turkish Kinsey Report #2 - Did they hear it through the grapevine? Turkish Kinsey Report #3 - Was it good for you? Turkish Kinsey Report #4 - The first time, by age group... Turkish Kinsey Report #5 - Who's gotta have it? He? Or she?

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