How to form past tense in Turkish

The suffix for forming past tense in Turkish is -di. If you studied present tense i can say that past tense is easy as present tense. Lets Learn Turkish grammar!

Gelmek (To come)

gel+di+m (I came)

gel+di+n  (You(singular) came )

gel+di    (He-She-It came)

gel+di+k (We came)

gel+di+niz (You(plural) came)

gel+di+ler  (They came)

hapşurmak = to sneeze

hapşur+du+m

hapşur+du+n

hapşur+du

hapşur+du+k

hapşur+du+nuz

hapşur+du+lar

Just to show you another piece of grammar i will show you a strange thing about Turkish language. I guess at first this will be really hard for foreigners at least for people who are not in Ugric Altaic Language Family (Finnish-Magyar etc).

Gitmek = to go

git+ti+m  <—- be careful to the change of d –> t

git+ti+n

git+ti

git+ti+k

git+ti+niz

git+ti+ler

This is the change of the letters a like.Will see it in later courses.

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