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'To Be...' - Negative Tense
This tense is quite simple to make. Simply take an word, such as 'fine' or 'tired', and add the word 'deil'. This is not a suffix, but a word on its own. Then add the same personal endings that you would for the 'to be - positive tense'.
Examples
'İyi değilim' = 'I' am not fine'
'Mutlu değilsin' = 'You are not happy'
'Yorgun değil' = 'He is not tired'
'Türk değiliz' = 'We are not Turkish'
'Yorgun değilsiniz' = 'You are not tired'
'İyi değiller' = 'They are not fine'
Past Tense
To turn this into the past tense, such as 'He was not happy', add the past suffix '-di' and then the personal ending, just like with the 'To be - positive' tense'.
Examples
'İyi değildim' = 'I was not fine'
'Mutlu değildin' = 'You were not happy'
etc
Asking Questions
To turn this tense into a question, follow this formula;
word + değil + question + personal
Mutlu + değil + mi + sin
= 'Mutlu değil misin?' = 'Are not happy?'
'Mutlu değil miydin?' = 'Were you not happy?'
'Yorgun değil miyim?' = 'Am I not tired?'
'Yorgun değil miydin?'= 'Were you not tired?'
'İyi değiller mi?' = 'Are they not alright?'
(For 'they', the question marker comes at the end).
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