Comments on: “can NOT” form in Turkish language

By: Tamara Viagas-Ozdemi

Tamara Viagas-Ozdemi — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:33:57 +0000

can you simplify can and cannot I dont understand it. <– yeah it is complicated i guess all my fellow readers complain about can and can not i guess i need someone to do that lesson again.

By: Beatriz

Beatriz — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:59:51 +0000

değiştirmek
değiştirebilirim
değiştiremem
değiştiremiyorsun
değiştiremiyorlar

uçmak
uçabilirim
uçabiliyorum
uçamam
uçamıyorum
uçabilirsin
uçabiliyorlar
uçamıyorsun

söylemek
söyleyebilirim
söyleyebiliyorum
söyleyemem
söyleyemiyorsun

By: Lilith

Lilith — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:26:32 +0000

Thanks for your corrections!
One question to the above:
anlamadım: i did not understand.
but if I want to say “I cannot/am not able to understand”?
Is anlamam correct?
like yapamam
But you wouldn´t write it in this context, as you corrected it?

By: Lilith

Lilith — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:03:28 +0000

wow, this is difficult.

şu anda anlamam,
ama umarim ki sonra anlabilirim.

<— şu anda anlamadım ama umarım ki sonra anlayabilirim.

By: Esra

Esra — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:24:59 +0000

kosmak

kosmabilirim < —-koşmayabilirim

kosamam <— CORRECT

is it right??

Ozur dilerim i dont have the s with the thingy under!!! =) hoscakalin <—-

By: fran

fran — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:10:37 +0000

could you explain the other present tense “kaçabilirim” (instead of “kaçabiliyorum”) like at all persons, negative too?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:54 +0000

yapabiliyorum - yapabilirim - arent they the same? one verb is about now and the other verb is in general time zone.

yapamam

yapamıyorum

By: Marijke

Marijke — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:21:18 +0000

What is the difference between Uyuyamıyorum
and Uyuyamam?
<—-
actually

uyuyamıyorum : i can’t sleep
uyuyamam : i cant sleep

but the difference is
uyuyamıyorum : the verb is done right now like : i cant sleep right now
uyuyamam : the verb is done continous as a habit like : i cant sleep since i was 6

By: Dani

Dani — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:46:39 +0000

is ‘uyumayabilirim’ also ‘i cannot sleep’?
it’s all so confusing xD

uyumayabilirim<—– i may be not sleeping
as far as i can see the can-can’t lesson is a big problem for foreigners i will find some to teach it better…

By: Maria del Mar

Maria del Mar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:26:08 +0000

quite complicated…I hope after some years I could understand it better This can and can not are the second most difficult thing in the world :-)….I would appreciate more explanation if possible…M