You will describe an earlier plan or expectation and then say what happened. The viewpoint is in the past; the planned event comes later than that viewpoint, even if it is still tomorrow now.
The idea
Use -ecekti or -acaktı for a future seen from a past moment: Biz akşam buluşacaktık. The speaker looks back at the arrangement. Contrast buluşacağız (we will meet), buluşacaktık (we were going to meet) and buluştuk (we met). A negative such as çıkmayacaktık describes a plan not to go out. To ask about the plan, say Gelecek miydin?: the question word is separate, and the past and person endings are on miydin.
Examples
- Biz akşam buluşacaktık.We were going to meet in the evening.
- Babam yarın dönecekti.My father was going to return tomorrow.
- Çocuklar burada oynayacaktı.The children were going to play here.
- Dün çorba yapacaktım ama evde mercimek yoktu.I was going to make soup yesterday, but there were no lentils at home.
- Bu akşam dışarı çıkmayacaktık ama planımız değişti.We were not going to go out this evening, but our plan changed.
- Saat üçte buluşacaktık ve tam üçte buluştuk.We were going to meet at three, and we met at exactly three.
- Sen de bizimle gelecek miydin?Were you going to come with us too?
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Watch out
Do not treat every earlier plan as a failed plan. Buluşacaktık alone does not settle the outcome. Ama can introduce a change; ve tam üçte buluştuk confirms that the meeting happened. Nor does çıkmayacaktık by itself prove that we stayed home.
Try it yourself
Choose the earlier intention, not a completed action.
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yapacaktım
yapacaktım: the missing lentils explain why the soup remained an intention in this context; yaptım would claim that it was made.
Choose the earlier plan not to go out.
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çıkmayacaktık
çıkmayacaktık: the initial plan was to stay in. The later change contrasts with that plan; çıkmadık would report what actually happened.
Ask about the earlier plan, not whether the person came.
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gelecek miydin
gelecek miydin: the question asks whether coming was in the plan. Geldin mi? asks whether the person actually came.
Complete the sentence: the meeting really happened.
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buluştuk
buluştuk: the second clause confirms a completed meeting at the planned time. The earlier plan therefore did come true.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the earlier intention, not a completed action.
Choose the earlier plan not to go out.
Ask about the earlier plan, not whether the person came.
Complete the sentence: the meeting really happened.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write about two earlier plans: one that changed and one that happened as intended. Add a sentence stating each outcome, then ask a partner about an earlier plan with Gelecek miydin?