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Simple Present - Negative Tense
To make the simple present tense into a negative sentence in Turkish, eg ‘i do not go’, add the following endings onto the verb;
-mem - i don’t....
-mezsin - you don’t...(singular/familiar)
-mez - he/she/it doesn’t...
-meyiz - we don’t...
-mezsiniz - you don’t...(plural/polite)
-mezler - they don’t....
(change the vowels in the suffix according to vowel harmony, eg ‘-mam‘, '-mayız', 'mazlar')
Examples
‘Gelmem’ = ‘I don’t come’
‘Gitmezsin’ = ‘You don’t go’
‘Kalmaz’ = He doesn’t stay’
etc
Asking questions in the negative simple present tense
To ask a question in this tense, add '-mez/maz' after the verb and then add the question marker with the personal ending.
Examples
Gelmez miyim? - Do i not come?
Kalmaz mısn? - Do you (singular/familiar) not stay?
Gitmez mi? - Does he not go?
Kalmaz mıyız? - Do we not stay?
Gelmez misiniz? - Do you (plural/polite) not come?
Okumazlar mı? - Do they not read? *
* (as always with questions, the third personal plural is different and the question marker is always at the end of the sentence, after the suffix)
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