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Turkish Language Verb Tenses 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 Gelmek -- Past Dubitative, Compound (a tense for sarcasm) The Indicative Mood Tenses Indicative Mood Past, Dubitative Compound Tense (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm) Türkce -- Bileşik Eylem Zamanları, Belirsiz geçmiş zamanın rivayeti Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm) Past, Dubitative Compound -- Interrogative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm) Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative Interrogative (Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm) gelmişmişim -- it is said that* I had come gelmemişmişim -- it is said that I hadn't come gelmişmiş miyim? -- had I supposedly come? gelmemişmiş miyim? -- hadn't I supposedly come? gelmişmişsin -- it is said that you had come gelmemişmişsin -- it is said that you hadn't come gelmişmiş misin? -- had you supposedly come? gelmemişmiş misin? -- hadn't you supposedly come? gelmişmiş -- it is said that he had come gelmemişmiş -- it is said that he hadn't come gelmişmiş mi?-- had he supposedly come? gelmemişmiş mi?-- hadn't he supposedly come? gelmişmişiz -- it is said that we had come gelmemişmişiz -- it is said that we hadn't come gelmişmiş miyiz? -- had we supposedly come? gelmemişmiş miyiz? -- hadn't we supposedly come? gelmişmişsiniz -- it is said that you had come gelmemişmişsiniz -- it is said that you hadn't come gelmişmiş misiniz? -- had you supposedly come? gelmemişmiş misiniz? -- hadn't you supposedly come? gelmişlermiş (gelmişmişler) -- it is said that they had come gelmemişlermiş (gelmemişmişler) -- it is said that they hadn't come gelmişlermiş mi? (gelmişmişler mi?) -- had they supposedly come? gelmemişlermiş mi? (gelmemişmişler mi?) -- hadn't they supposedly come? Related Example: Q. Paul Revere dün akşam size geldi mi? A. Bilmem, gûya gelmişmiş, biz evde yokmuşuz. Oysaki biz bütün gece evdeydik. -- Q. Did Paul Revere come to visit you last night? A. (spoken sarcastically) I don't know, but I hear that he had supposedly come and that we reportedly weren't at home. Yet, we were at home all night. Real Life Example Left click for article enlargement and legibility... Left click for article enlargement and legibility... * the phrase It is said that... may also be treated as I hear 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. 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: Mature Foreign British Bride in Turkey Mature Foreign Swedish Bride in Turkey Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family The Top Ten Turkish Movies of All Time #5 Selvi Boylum Al Kazmalım (The Girl in the Red Scarf) Real-Life Weight Loss a la turc (1 of 2) Turkish Cartooning, cartoonists, and funny cartoons Discount Phrase for the Turkish Bazaar Turkish Terms Of Endearment Association Football - Our Least Favorite Sport Turkish Personal Names Politically Incorrect Turkish Humor Off-Color Turkish Turkish Movies Catalog, Index Habibullah and The Great Cannon Caper A Simple Turkish Thing

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