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Table of Contents

1. General Info on Conjugation

2. Conjugation in Turkish
3. Verb Modification
4. Ready for a Challenge?
5. Conclusion

1. General Info on Conjugation

Conjugation is how you change or modify a verb’s basic form to convey a different meaning, or
to express the following:

Person / Subject
Gender (male or female)
Tense
Mood
Aspect
Voice
Number (singular or plural)
Politeness level (formal or informal)

Every language is different, and of course, these are general parameters, all of which may not
apply to all languages.

Now that you know the very basics, we’ll talk about Turkish verb conjugation and provide you
with some Turkish verb conjugation charts along the way.

2. Conjugation in Turkish
Verbs are the main building blocks of a sentence. Therefore, when learning Turkish, knowing
how to conjugate them is critical. It takes quite a bit of time, and it’s not very simple. 

Did I intimidate you? No, no, that’s not what I wanted to do. 

I just want to advise you that you should pay close attention to the Turkish conjugation rules.
You may also want to make a Turkish verb conjugation chart for yourself, or create a Turkish
verbs conjugation PDF file for future reference.
Now, let’s see which of the factors I mentioned above are involved in Turkish verb conjugation.

I. Person / Subject

In Turkish, different suffixes are added to a verb based on the person/subject it alludes to.
Since the verb of the sentence already contains a personal pronoun through the suffix it takes,
personal pronouns aren’t usually used in sentences. Vowels in the suffixes change based on the
vowel harmony.

I’ll provide rules and examples for this below when talking about the tenses.

II. Number of Subjects

Whether the subject is singular or plural impacts the suffix the verb will get. I’ll provide
examples for this later on in this article.

III. Politeness Level

In Turkish, we use the plural “you” both as it’s used in English, and also as a polite, formal way
of naming or referring to someone. The Turkish verb conjugation rules for the plural “you” also
apply to the polite “you.” 

IV. Tense

Tenses are the most confusing of all. I’ll make a Turkish verb conjugation chart for each tense,
including the person/subject suffixes. I highly recommend that you prepare your own reference
file using those charts, so that you can find all of the Turkish verb conjugation information in
one place.

A. The Verb “To Be”

The thing about the verb “to be” in Turkish is that there isn’t a word for it like there is in English
(“am,” “is,” “are”). Instead, the suffixes imply the meaning.

Word ending with a consonant

Last syllable Last syllable
Person Last syllable
Last syllable of the word of the word Word ending with
+ “to of the word
of the word has “o” or has “ö” or a vowel
be” has “e” or “i”
has “a” or “ı” “u” “ü”
Buffer y + (rules
“I am”
for the word
-ım -ım -um -um
(Ben) ending with a
consonant)
“You
Same rules in this
are” 
-sın -sın -sun -sun
line
(Sen)
“He /
she / it Same rules in this
-dır / tır -dır / tır -dur / tur -dur / tur
is”
line
(O)
Buffer y + (rules
“We
for the word
are”
-ız -ız -uz -uz
ending with a
(Biz)
consonant)
“You
Same rules in this
are”
-sınız -sınız -sunuz -sunuz
line
(Siz)
“They -dırlar / tırlar
-dirler / tirler
-durlar /  -dürler / türler
Same rules in this
 are”
or  -lar or  -ler turlar
or  -ler line
(Onlar) or  -lar

Please note that the third person singular pronoun doesn’t have to take the suffix; you can
leave it blank. The third person plural pronoun doesn’t have to take the whole suffix, either; it
can take only the plural suffixes -ler and -lar.

Here are some examples:

Person + “to Kızgın – Öğretmen – Tok – Üzgün – Zeki –

be” “Angry” “Teacher” “Full” “Sad” “Smart”
“I am”

Kızgınım Öğretmenim Tokum Üzgünüm Zekiyim

(Ben)
“You are”

Kızgınsın Öğretmensin Toksun Üzgünsün Zekisin

(Sen)
“He / she / it
is”
Kızgın(dır) Öğretmen(dir) Tok(tur) Üzgün(dür) Zeki(dir)
(O)
“We are”

Kızgınız Öğretmeniz Tokuz Üzgünüz Zekiyiz

(Biz)
“You are”

Kızgınsınız Öğretmensiniz Toksunuz Üzgünsünüz Zekisiniz

(Siz)
“They are”

Kızgın(dır)lar Öğretmen(dir)ler Tok(tur)lar Üzgün(dür)ler Zeki(dir)ler

(Onlar)

B. Modal Verbs

In Turkish, there aren’t separate words for the modal verbs. To form modal verbs, certain
suffixes are added to the verbs. For example:

Can

In Turkish, we express “can” using the suffix -abil or -ebil. We add the appropriate one to the
verb root based on its last vowel. -abil and -ebil can be used with any tense, but are usually
used with the present simple tense. If the verb ends with a vowel, then the buffer y is added
before the -abil or -ebil suffix.

  Verb ending with a consonant

Verb ending with a vowel

Last vowel of the verb root      Last vowel of the verb root
Person a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü
“”

-abilirim -ebilirim -yabilirim -yebilirim

(Ben)
“You”

-abilirsin -ebilirsin -yabilirsin -yebilirsin

(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-abilir -ebilir -yabilir -yebilir

(O)
“We”

-abiliriz -ebiliriz -yabiliriz -yebiliriz

(Biz)
“You”

-abilirsiniz -ebilirsiniz -yabilirsiniz -yebilirsiniz

(Siz)
“They”

-abilirler -ebilirler -yabilirler -yebilirler

(Onlar)

Examples:

Ben atabilirim.
Ben çekebilirim.
Ben arayabilirim.
Ben söyleyebilirim.

(“I can throw.”)

(“I can pull.”)
(“I can call.”)
(“I can tell.”)

Sen atabilirsin.
Sen çekebilirsin.
Sen arayabilirsin.
Sen söyleyebilirsin.

 (“You can throw.”)

(“You can pull.”)
(“You can call.”)
(“You can tell.”)

O atabilir.
O çekebilir.
O arayabilir.
O söyleyebilir.

(“He / she / it can (“He / she / it can (“He / she / it can (“He / she / it can
throw.”)
pull.”)
call.”)
tell.”)

Biz atabiliriz.
Biz çekebiliriz.
Biz arayabiliriz.
Biz söyleyebiliriz.

(“We can throw.”)

(“We can pull.”)
(“We can call.”)
(“We can tell.”)

Siz atabilirsiniz.
Siz çekebilirsiniz.
Siz arayabilirsiniz.
Siz söyleyebilirsiniz.

(“You can throw.”)

(“You can pull.”)
(“You can call.”)
(“You can tell.”)

Onlar atabilirler.
Onlar çekebilirler. Onlar arayabilirler.
Onlar söyleyebilirler.

(“They can throw.”)

(“They can pull.”)
(“They can call.”)
(“They can tell.”)

Must

In Turkish, we express “must” using the suffixes -malı or -meli, which are added to the verb root.

Last vowel of the verb root

Person a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü
“I”

-malıyım -meliyim
(Ben)
“You”

-malısın -melisin
(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-malı -meli
(O)
“We”

-malıyız -meliyiz
(Biz)
“You”

-malısınız -melisiniz
(Siz)
“They”

-malılar -meliler
(Onlar)

Here are some examples:

Ben yapmalıyım.
Ben gelmeliyim.

(“I must do.”)

(“I must come.”)

Sen yapmalısın.
Sen gelmelisin.

(“You must do.”)

(“You must come.”)

O yapmalı.
O gelmeli.

(“He / she / it must do.”)

(“He / she / it must come.”)

Biz yapmalıyız.
Biz gelmeliyiz.

(“We must do.”)

(“We must come.”)

Siz yapmalısınız.
Siz gelmelisiniz.

(“You must do.”)

(“You must come.”)

Onlar yapmalılar. Onlar gelmeliler.

(“They must do.”)

(“They must come.”)

C. Simple Present Tense

The simple present tense is used for the actions that we do all the time. Here are the rules for
Turkish present tense conjugations:

1. The following suffixes are added to the verb root for verbs ending with a vowel:

Last vowel of the verb root

a/ı e/i o/u ö/ü
“I”

-rım -rım -rum -rum

(Ben)
“You”

-rsın -rsın -rsun -rsun

(Sen)
“He / she / it”
-r -r -r -r
 (O)
“We”

-rız -rız -ruz -ruz

(Biz)
“You”

-rsınız -rsınız -rsunuz -rsunuz

(Siz)
“They”

-rlar -rler -rlar -rler

(Onlar)

Here are some examples:

Ben boyarım.
Ben söylerim.
Ben okurum.
Ben yürürüm.

(“I paint.”)
(“I tell.”)
(“I read.”)
(“I walk.”)

Sen boyarsın.
Sen söylersin.
Sen okursun.
Sen yürürsün.

(“You paint.”)
(“You tell.”)
(“You read.”)
(“You walk.”)

O boyar.
O söyler.
O okur.
O yürür.

(“He / she / it paints.”)

(“He / she / it tells.”)
(“He / she / it reads.”)
(“He / she / it walks.”)

Biz boyarız.
Biz söyleriz.
Biz okuruz.
Biz yürürüz.

(“We paint.”)
(“We tell.”)
(“We read.”)
(“We walk.”)

Siz boyarsınız.
Siz söylersiniz.
Siz okursunuz.
Siz yürürsünüz.

(“You paint.”)
(“You tell.”)
(“You read.”)
(“You walk.”)

Onlar boyarlar.
Onlar söylerler.
Onlar okurlar.
Onlar yürürler.

(“They paint.”)
(“They tell.”)
(“They read.”)
(“They walk.”)

2. The following suffixes are added to the verb root for verbs that have one syllable and end
with a consonant:

Last vowel of the verb root

 Person a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü
“I”

-arım -erim
(Ben)
“You”

-arsın -ersin
(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-ar -er
(O)
“We”

-arız -eriz
(Biz)
“You”

-arsınız -ersiniz
(Siz)
“They”

-arlar -erler
(Onlar)

Please note that there are some exceptions to this rule: 

Almak – “To take”

Bilmek – “To know”
Bulmak – “To find”
Durmak – “To stop”
Gelmek – “To come”
Görmek – “To see”
Kalmak – “To stay”
Olmak (helping verb) – “To be”
Ölmek – “To die”
Sanmak – “To suppose”
Vermek – “To give”
Varmak – “To arrive”

Here are some examples for this rule:

 Ben açarım.
Ben severim.

(“I open.”)
(“I love.”)

Sen açarsın.
Sen seversin.

(“You open.”)
(“You love.”)

O açar.
O sever.

(“He / she / it opens.”)

(“He / she / it loves.”)

Biz açarız.
Biz severiz.

(“We open.”)
(“We love.”)

Siz açarsınız.
Siz seversiniz.

(“You open.”)
(“You love.”)

Onlar açarlar.
Onlar severler.

(“They open.”)
(“They love.”)

3. The following suffixes are added to the verb root for verbs that have more than one syllable
and end with a consonant:

Last vowel of the verb root

 Person a/ı e/i o/u ö/ü
“I”

-ırım -ırım -urum -urum

(Ben)
“You”

-ırsın -ırsın -ursun -ursun

(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-ır -ır -ur -ur

(O)
“We”

-ırız -ırız -uruz -uruz

(Biz)
“You”

-ırsınız -ırsınız -ursunuz -ursunuz

(Siz)
“They”

-ırlar -irler -urlar -ürler

(Onlar)

Below are some examples for this rule:

Ben çalışırım.
Ben öğretirim.
Ben unuturum.
Ben götürürüm.

(“I work.”)
(“I teach.”)
(“I forget.”)
(“I take.”)

Sen çalışırsın.
Sen öğretirsin.
Sen unutursun.
Sen götürürsün.

(“You work.”)
(“You teach.”)
(“You forget.”)
(“You take.”)

O çalışır.
O öğretir.
O unutur.
O götürür.

(“He / she / it (“He / she / it (“He / she / it (“He / she / it

works.”)
teaches.”)
forgets.”)
takes.”)

Biz çalışırız.
Biz öğretiriz.
Biz unuturuz.
Biz götürürüz.

(“We work.”)
(“We teach.”)
(“We forget.”)
(“We take.”)

Siz çalışırsınız.
Siz öğretirsiniz.
Siz öğretirsiniz.
Siz götürürsünüz.

(“You work.”)
(“You teach.”)
(“You teach.”)
(“You take.”)

Onlar çalışırlar.
Onlar öğretirler.
Onlar unuturlar.
Onlar götürürler.

(“They work.”)
(“They teach.”)
(“They forget.”)
(“They take.”)

Please also note that sometimes helping words such as etmek and olmak are combined
together with other words like kaybolmak and seyretmek. These verbs don’t follow this rule;
instead, the rule that applies to the helping verbs etmek and olmak is used.

D. Present Continuous Tense

If the verb root ends in a vowel, the vowel at the end is dropped and the following suffixes are
added. The suffixes shown below also are used for verbs ending with a consonant:

 Person a/ı e/i o/u ö/ü

“I”
-ıyorum -ıyorum -uyorum -uyorum
 (Ben)
“You”

-ıyorsun -ıyorsun -uyorsun -uyorsun

(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-ıyor -ıyor -uyor -uyor

(O)
“We”

-ıyoruz -ıyoruz -uyoruz -uyoruz

(Biz)
“You”

-ıyorsunuz -ıyorsunuz -uyorsunuz -uyorsunuz

(Siz)
“They”

-ıyorlar -ıyorlar -uyorlar -uyorlar

(Onlar)

Please take a look at the examples below:

Ben arıyorum.
Ben geliyorum.
Ben soruyorum.
Ben bölüyorum.

(“I am looking for.”)

(“I am coming.”)
(“I am asking.”)
(“I’m dividing.”)

Sen arıyorsun.
Sen geliyorsun.
Sen soruyorsun. Sen bölüyorsun.

(“You are looking for.”)

(“You are coming.”)
(“You are asking.”)
(“You are dividing.”)

O arıyor.
O geliyor.
O soruyor.
O bölüyor.

(“He / she / it is looking (“He / she / it is (“He / she / it is (“He / she / it is

for.”)
coming.”)
asking.”)
dividing.”)

Biz arıyoruz.
Biz geliyoruz.
Biz soruyoruz.
Biz bölüyoruz.

(“We are looking for.”)

(“We are coming.”)
(“We are asking.”)
(“We are dividing.”)

Siz arıyorsunuz.
Siz geliyorsunuz.
Siz soruyorsunuz.
Siz bölüyorsunuz.

(“You are looking for.”)

(“You are coming.”)
(“You are asking.”)
(“You are dividing.”)

Onlar arıyorlar.

Onlar geliyorlar.
Onlar soruyorlar.
Onlar bölüyorlar.

(“They are looking

(“They are coming.”)
 (“They are asking.”)
(“They are dividing.”)

for.”)

E. Past Tense

To use the correct rule for past tense conjugations, you need to check the last vowel and the
last letter of the verb. Study this Turkish conjugation table to see what we mean:
 Last vowel of the verb root
a/ı e/i o/u ö/ü
If the If the If the If the
very last If the very very last If the very very last If the very very last If th
letter of last letter of letter of last letter of letter of last letter of letter of last
the verb the verb the verb the verb the verb the verb the verb the
root is root root is root root is root root is roo
Person
one of contains one of contains one of contains one of con
these the rest of these the rest of these the rest of these the
letters: the letters: the letters: the letters: the
ç/f/h/k/s/ consonants. ç/f/h/k/s/ consonants. ç/f/h/k/s/ consonants. ç/f/h/k/s/ con
ş/t/p. ş/t/p. ş/t/p. ş/t/p.
“I”

-tım -dım -tım -dım -tum -dum -tum -du

(Ben)
“You”

-tın -dın -tın -dın -tun -dun -tun -du

(Sen)
“He /
she / it”
 -tı
-dı  -tı
-dı  -tu -du  -tu -du
(O)
“We”

-tık -dık -tık -dık -tuk -duk -tuk -du

(Biz)
“You”

-tınız -dınız -tınız -dınız -tunuz -dunuz -tunuz -du

(Siz)
“They”

-tılar -dılar -tiler -diler -tular -dular -tüler -dü

(Onlar)

Below are some examples that will help you understand the Turkish conjugation for the past
tense better:

Ben sattım.
Ben temizledim.
Ben oturdum.
Ben öptüm.

(“I sold.”)
(“I cleaned.”)
(“I sat down.”)
(“I kissed.”)

Sen sattın.
Sen temizledin.
Sen oturdun.
Sen öptün.

(“You sold.”)
(“You cleaned.”)
(“You sat down.”) (“You kissed.”)

O sattı.
O temizledi.
O oturdu.
O öptü.

(“He / she / it (“He / she / it (“He / she / it sat (“He / she / it

sold.”)
cleaned.”)
down.”)
kissed.”)

Biz sattık.
Biz temizledik.
Biz oturduk.
Biz öptük.

(“We sold.”)
(“We cleaned.”)
(“We sat down.”)
(“We kissed.”)

Siz sattınız.
Siz temizlediniz.
Siz oturdunuz.
Siz öptünüz.

(“You sold.”)
(“You cleaned.”)
(“You sat down.”) (“You kissed.”)

Onlar sattılar.
Onlar temizlediler.
Onlar oturdular.
Onlar öptüler.

(“They sold.”)
(“They cleaned.”)
(“They sat down.”)
(“They kissed.”)

F. Future Tense

Verbs ending with a consonant Verbs ending with a vowel

 Person a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü a/ı/o/u e/i/ö/ü
“I”

-acağım -eceğim -[y]acağım -[y]eceğim

(Ben)
“You”

-acaksın -eceksin -[y]acaksın -[y]eceksin

(Sen)
“He / she / it”

-acak -ecek -[y]acak -[y]ecek

(O)
“We”

-acağız -eceğiz -[y]acağız -[y]eceğiz

(Biz)
“You”

-acaksınız -eceksiniz -[y]acaksınız -[y]eceksiniz

(Siz)
“They”

-acaklar -ecekler -[y]acaklar -[y]ecekler

(Onlar)
There are two words that have an exception: demek (“to say,” “to tell”) and yemek (“to eat”). The
letter e changes to i, and then the above-mentioned suffixes are added. For example:

Ben yiyeceğim. (“I will eat.”)

Sen diyeceksin. (“You will tell.”) 

Here are some examples:

Ben yazacağım.
Ben seçeceğim.
Ben uyuyacağım.
Ben deneyeceğim.

(“I will write.”)

(“I will choose.”)
(“I will sleep.”)
(“I will try.”)

Sen yazacaksın.
Sen seçeceksin.
Sen uyuyacaksın.
Sen deneyeceksin.

(“You will write.”)

(“You will choose.”)
(“You will sleep.”)
(“You will try.”)

O yazacak.
O seçecek.
O uyuyacak.
O deneyecek.

(“He / she / it will (“He / she / it will (“He / she / it will (“He / she / it will
write.”)
choose.”)
sleep.”)
try.”)

Biz yazacağız.
Biz seçeceğiz.
Biz uyuyacağız.
Biz deneyeceğiz.

(“We will write.”)

(“We will choose.”)
(“We will sleep.”)
(“We will try.”)

Siz yazacaksınız.
Siz seçeceksiniz.
Siz uyuyacaksınız.
Siz deneyeceksiniz.

(“You will write.”)

(“You will choose.”)
(“You will sleep.”)
(“You will try.”)

Onlar yazacaklar.
Onlar seçecekler.
Onlar uyuyacaklar.
Onlar deneyecekler.

(“They will write.”)

(“They will choose.”)
(“They will sleep.”)
(“They will try.”)

G. Negativity

Creating the negative form of “to be” is simple. The word değil means “not,” and it takes the
personal suffix. Let me explain it with examples:

Ben şişman değilim.

“I am not fat.”

Sen şişman değilsin.

“You are not fat.”

O şişman değil.

“He / she / it is not fat.”

Biz şişman değiliz.

“We are not fat.”

Siz şişman değilsiniz.

“You are not fat.”

Onlar şişman değiller.

“They are not fat.”

H. Interrogation

Let’s look at the present form of “yes or no” questions. Here are the words that turn a sentence
into a closed question. I said “words” because they’re not suffixes, but separate words, which
don’t mean anything when used alone.

Last vowel of the last syllable

Person a/ı e/i o/u ö/ü
“I”

mıyım? mıyım? müyüm? müyüm?

(Ben)
“You”

mısın? mısın? müsün? müsün?

(Sen)
“He / she / it”

mi? mi? mü? mü?

(O)
“We”

mıyız? mıyız? muyuz? muyuz?

(Biz)
“You”

mısınız? mısınız? musunuz? musunuz?

(Siz)
 “They”
mı? mı? mü? mü?
(Onlar)

Examples:

Sen aşçı mısın?

(“Are you a cook?”)

Singular “you”

Siz deli misiniz?

(“Are you crazy?”)

Plural “you”

O tok mu?

(“Is he / she / it full?”)

Biz kötü müyüz?

(“Are we bad?”)

3. Verb Modification
Now let’s look at a few different ways to modify verbs.

I. Passive

Verbs can be made passive by adding n if the verb ends with a vowel:

Aramak – “To look for,” “To call”

The verb root is ara; it takes n and becomes:

Aranmak – “To be looked for,” “To be called”

You can also add ıl, il, ul, or ül depending on the vowel harmony if the verb ends with a
consonant other than l:

Açmak – “To open”

Açılmak – “To be opened”
Yermek – “To criticize”
Yerilmek – “To be criticized”
Sunmak – “To offer”
Sunulmak – “To be offered”
Çözmek – “To resolve”
Çözülmek – “To be resolved”

Finally, you can add ın, in, un, or ün depending on the vowel harmony if the verb ends with l: 

Çalmak – “To steal”

Çalınmak – “To be stolen”
Silmek – “To delete”
Silinmek – “To be deleted”
Bulmak – “To find”
Bulunmak – “To be found”
Bölmek – “To divide”
 Bölünmek – “To be divided”

II. Causative

The causative verbs are formed by adding the causative suffix after the verb root according to
the vowel harmony rules.

Add t if the verb ends with a vowel, or  r:

Aramak – “To look for”

Aratmak – “To have somebody look for”
Oturmak – “To sit down”
Oturtmak – “To seat somebody”

Add ır, ir, ur, or ür based on the vowel harmony if the verb stem ends with ş or ç:

Düşmek – “To fall”

Düşürmek – “To make somebody fall”
İçmek – “To drink”
İçirmek – “To have somebody drink”

Most verbs get the following suffixes based on the vowel harmony:

 dir, dır, dür, dur, tir, tır, tür, tur

Gülmek – “To laugh”

Güldürmek – “To make somebody laugh”

A few mono-syllable verbs ending in k take -it, -ıt, -üt, or -ut suffixes:

Korkmak – “To be scared”

Korkutmak – “To scare someone”
Akmak – “To flow”
Akıtmak – “To let something flow”

There are also some verbs  that take the -er and -ar suffixes:

Kopmak – “To break off”

Koparmak – “To make something break off”

There is one verb that’s irregular:

Görmek – “To see”

Göstermek – “To show”

Double causative verbs also exist: 

Pişmek – “To cook” (ex: the meat cooks) 

Pişirmek – “To cook” (ex: my wife cooks the meat) 
Pişirtmek – “To have something cooked” 
Ölmek – “To die” 
Öldürmek – “To kill” 
Öldürtmek – “To have someone killed” 

III. Reflexive

You can create a reflexive verb by adding the suffix -in. For example:
 Giymek – “To wear clothes“
Giyinmek – “To dress oneself”

IV. Verbs of Mutual Action

Here are some examples:

Görmek – “To see”

Görüşmek – “To see one another” or “To converse”
Görüşülmek – “To be conversed about”
Görüştürmek – “To make conversation with one another”
Görüştürülmek – “To be made to converse with one another”

4. Ready for a Challenge?

After all this information, are you ready for some Turkish verb conjugation practice? How about
taking a short quiz to see how much information you’ve absorbed about Turkish conjugation?

1. How is the verb atlamak (“to jump”) conjugated in the first person plural as future tense?

a. Atladım

b. Atlayacağım

c.  Atlıyorsunuz

d. Atlayacağız

2. Complete the sentence with the correct present “to be” suffix.

Biz güzel….. (“We are beautiful.”)

a. dik

b. iz

c.  eceğiz

d. ıyoruz

3. Complete the sentence with the correct past tense suffix.

Ben gör…. (“I saw”)

a. düm

b. dük

c.   üm

d. eceğim

4. Complete the sentence with the correct present continuous tense suffix.

Sen iç…….. (“You are drinking”)

a. tim

b. sın

c.  eceğim

d. iyorsun

5. Complete the sentence with the correct modal verb suffix.

Siz koş………. (“You must run”)

a. abilirsiniz

b. acaksınız

c.  malısınız

d. uyorsunuz

Are you looking for the answer key? If so, you need to read the rest to get to it!

5. Conclusion

How does it feel to learn about those Turkish conjugation rules? Seems like too much info, huh?
If you have combined all the Turkish verb conjugation charts and created a Turkish verbs
conjugation PDF file for yourself, then you can refresh your memory whenever you need to.
Furthermore, make sure to visit our website, TurkishClass101.com, to reinforce what you’ve
learned.
 Please keep in touch with us to share your learning experience.

Last but not least, here are the answers to the quiz:

1.d; 2.b; 3.a; 4.d; 5.c

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