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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 mısın? - 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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