You will wish someone well after illness or trouble, send the wish through them to a family member, and answer when it is said to you.
The idea
Geçmiş olsun means 'may it be past': geçmiş (past, over) plus olsun (let it be). It is one fixed phrase that does not change for sen or siz, and çok in front makes it warmer: Çok geçmiş olsun. To send it to someone's relative, put the relative in the dative: annene geçmiş olsun. For a plain 'get well', use the command of iyileşmek: iyileş (sen) and iyileşin (siz).
| To a friend (sen) | Polite or plural (siz) | Reply |
|---|---|---|
| Çabuk iyileş | Çabuk iyileşin | Sağ ol / Sağ olun |
| Geçmiş olsun | Geçmiş olsun | Teşekkür ederim |
| Çok geçmiş olsun | Çok geçmiş olsun | Sağ ol / Sağ olun |
| Annene geçmiş olsun | Annenize geçmiş olsun | Sağ ol / Sağ olun |
| Acil şifalar dilerim | Acil şifalar dilerim | Teşekkür ederim |
Examples
- Sana geçmiş olsun demek istiyorum.I want to say get well soon to you.
- Babam bugün hastaneden çıkıyor.My father is leaving the hospital today.
- Bugün daha iyi misin?Are you better today?Daha means more, so daha iyi is better. The question word mi is written apart and takes the person ending: misin.
- Annene çok geçmiş olsun.Get well soon to your mother.The wish itself never changes. The sick person is named in the dative, with the listener's own possessive in front: annene, your mother.
- Çabuk iyileş!Get well soon!
- Acil şifalar dilerim.I wish a speedy recovery.A more formal wish, common in written messages. Şifa is healing and dilerim is I wish.
- Arabanız yolda bozuldu, geçmiş olsun.Your car broke down on the road. I hope it is all behind you now.Geçmiş olsun is also used after a mishap such as this car breakdown. It is not limited to illness.
- Sağ ol, daha iyiyim.Thanks, I am better.
- anneneto your motherannen-in / -ın / -un / -ün: your (evin, araban)e-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
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Watch out
Geçmiş olsun is for something bad that has already happened: an illness, an accident, a stolen bag. It does not fit good news (that is tebrikler), and 'get well soon' cannot be built word for word: yakında iyi ol is not natural Turkish.
Try it yourself
Your mother is ill. Make 'to your mother' from anne (mother) and finish the wish.
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annene
annene: anne ends in a vowel, so the n of 'your' comes first, then the dative -e for the person who receives the wish: anne + n + e.
Your brother or sister is ill. Make 'to your sibling' from kardeş and finish the wish.
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kardeşine
kardeşine: kardeş ends in a consonant, so 'your' is -in here, followed by the dative -e: kardeş + in + e.
Tell one friend to get well soon, using the verb iyileşmek (to get well).
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iyileş
iyileş: to someone you address as sen, the bare verb stem is the command and no ending is added. With -in it would be the polite form.
Thank someone you address politely (siz) after their wish: Sağ ___.
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olun
olun: a person addressed politely takes the ending -un (ol + un), because the last vowel o is rounded: sağ olun.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Your mother is ill. Make 'to your mother' from anne (mother) and finish the wish.
Your brother or sister is ill. Make 'to your sibling' from kardeş and finish the wish.
Tell one friend to get well soon, using the verb iyileşmek (to get well).
Thank someone you address politely (siz) after their wish: Sağ ___.
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: to your mother
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Write a short message to someone who has been ill: ask if they are better, wish them well and send a greeting to a family member. Check each dative.