Test Your Turkish
| Useful Verbs |
| gelmek - to come |
| gitmek - to go |
| yemek - to eat |
| sevmek - to love |
| yapmak - to do |
| olmak - to be |
| kalmak - to stay |
| istemek - to want |
Simple Present
Negative Tense
Part of the 'Totally Turkish' website.
Click here to learn how to make this tense in Turkish.
1) Translate the sentences below from English to Turkish.
example - I don't know - bilmem
a) you (singular/familiar) don't play
b) we don't go
c) do you (plural/polite) not see?
d) he doesn't know, do you not know?
e) do they not read?
f) does it not work?
g) i don't work
h) do you (singular/familiar) not come?
2) Translate the following sentences from Turkish to English.
example - gitmezler mi? - do they not go?
a) bilmezsin
b) çalışmazlar
c) okumaz
d) sen gitmezsiniz, ben gitmem
e) görmeyiz, görmez misin?
f) oynamam
g) bilmezler mi?
h) gelmez miyim?
Answers!
1) a) a) you (singular/familiar) don't play - oynamazsın
b) we don't go - gitmeyiz
c) do you (plural/polite) not see? - görmez misiniz?
d) he doesn't know, do you not know? - o bilmez, sen bilmez misin?
e) do they not read? - okumazlar mı?
f) does it not work? - çalışmaz mı?
g) i don't work - çalışmam
h) do you (singular/familiar) not come? - gelmez misiniz?
2) a) bilmezsin - you don't know
b) çalmazlar - they don't work
c) okumaz - he doesn't read
d) sen gitmezsiniz, ben gitmem - you don't go, i don't go
e) görmeyiz, görmez misin? - we don't see, do you not see?
f) oynamam - i don't play
g) bilmezler mi? - do they not know?
h) gelmez miyim?- do i not come?