You will make present continuous verbs negative and ask yes/no questions about what is not happening.
The idea
The negative sits between the stem and -yor: stem + -mi/-mı/-mu/-mü + -yor + person ending. Its vowel follows the last vowel of the stem (e i → -mi-, a ı → -mı-, o u → -mu-, ö ü → -mü-): gelmiyorum, almıyorum, okumuyorum, görmüyorum. After -yor come -um, -sun, nothing, -uz, -sunuz, -lar. In a question, mi/mı/mu/mü is written apart after the verb and carries the person ending: Gelmiyor musun?
| Last vowel of the verb | Negative + tense | Example (ben) | Example (sen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| a, ı | -mıyor | almıyorum | almıyorsun |
| e, i | -miyor | gelmiyorum | gelmiyorsun |
| o, u | -muyor | okumuyorum | okumuyorsun |
| ö, ü | -müyor | görmüyorum | görmüyorsun |
Examples
- Ben bugün okula gitmiyorum.I am not going to school today.The pronoun ben may be dropped, because the ending -um already says "I": Bugün okula gitmiyorum.
- Annem çay içmiyor.My mother does not drink tea.
- Çocuklar şimdi uyumuyor.The children are not sleeping now.
- Bu akşam televizyon izlemiyoruz.We are not watching television this evening.
- Yarın bize gelmiyor musun?Aren't you coming to our place tomorrow?The question word mu is written apart and carries the person ending: musun. The present continuous can also speak about tomorrow.
- gitmiyorumI am not goinggitmiyor-miyor / -mıyor / -muyor / -müyor: not doing nowum-im / -sin / -iz / -siniz: I am, you are, we are
- görmüyorlarthey do not seegörmüyor-miyor / -mıyor / -muyor / -müyor: not doing nowlar-ler / -lar: the plural suffix
- Kardeşim sabahları hiçbir şey yemiyor.My brother does not eat anything in the mornings.The stem ye already ends in e: ye + mi + yor. It is yemiyor, never yemeyor.
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Watch out
Do not keep the vowel of the plain negative: gitmeyorum is wrong, because the -e of -me narrows before -yor and the word is gitmiyorum. The same holds for yemek: yemiyorum, not yemeyorum.
Try it yourself
Make the verb negative: I do not drink milk.
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içmiyorum
içmiyorum: the last vowel of iç is i, so the negative is -mi-; then come -yor and -um for ben.
Make the verb negative: They are not working today.
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çalışmıyorlar / çalışmıyor
çalışmıyorlar: the last vowel of çalış is ı, so -mı-; for "they" -lar follows -yor. çalışmıyor is also correct.
Ask the question: Aren't you coming tomorrow? Write the negative verb and the question word.
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gelmiyor musun
gelmiyor musun: e calls for -mi-, and the question word mu is written apart and carries -sun.
Make the verb negative: Ali sees nothing.
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görmüyor
görmüyor: ö is front and rounded, so -mü-; in the third person singular nothing follows -yor.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Make the verb negative: I do not drink milk.
Make the verb negative: They are not working today.
Ask the question: Aren't you coming tomorrow? Write the negative verb and the question word.
Make the verb negative: Ali sees nothing.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: I am not going
Tap the parts in order to build this word: they do not see
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Write three sentences about what you do not do on a weekend morning, then check the vowel of each negative against the last vowel of its verb.