You will conjugate gelmek (to come) in the present continuous, past and future and say where and when someone comes.
The idea
The stem gel- is regular and never changes: geliyorum, geldim, geleceğim. After the front vowel e come -iyor, -di and -ecek. Only the k of -ecek becomes ğ, before a person ending that starts with a vowel: gelecek, geleceksin, but geleceğim, geleceğiz.
| Person | Present continuous | Past | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| ben | geliyorum | geldim | geleceğim |
| sen | geliyorsun | geldin | geleceksin |
| o | geliyor | geldi | gelecek |
| biz | geliyoruz | geldik | geleceğiz |
| siz | geliyorsunuz | geldiniz | geleceksiniz |
| onlar | geliyorlar | geldiler | gelecekler |
Examples
- Yarın bize geliyor musun?Are you coming to our place tomorrow?The present continuous often talks about the near future, so geliyor musun can mean "are you coming". Musun is written apart.
- Ali bugün okula gelmedi.Ali did not come to school today.
- Misafirler akşam sekizde gelecek.The guests will arrive at eight in the evening.
- Seninle gelmek istiyorum.I want to come with you.
- Yarın sabah erken geleceğim.I will come early tomorrow morning.The k of -ecek becomes ğ before the vowel of -im: gelecek, geleceğim.
- Siz ne zaman geleceksiniz?When will you (all) come?
- gelmedimI did not come.gelmedi-medi / -madı: the negative pastmPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
- geldinizYou (all) came.geldi-di, -dı, -du, -dü, -ti: the past (geldi, yaptı)nizPast person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler
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Watch out
The k does not stay before a vowel: gelecekim is wrong, it is geleceğim. Before a consonant it does stay: geleceksin, geleceksiniz, not geleceğsin.
Try it yourself
Future tense: I will come tomorrow.
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geleceğim
geleceğim: the k of -ecek becomes ğ because the ending -im starts with a vowel.
Future tense: You (all) will come tomorrow.
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geleceksiniz
geleceksiniz: -siniz starts with a consonant, so the k of -ecek stays.
Present continuous: We are coming now.
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geliyoruz
geliyoruz: the stem gel- does not change; the front vowel gives -iyor, then -uz for "we".
Negative past: Ali did not come to school yesterday.
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gelmedi
gelmedi: the negative -me- sits between the stem and -di; the third person has no person ending.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Future tense: I will come tomorrow.
Future tense: You (all) will come tomorrow.
Present continuous: We are coming now.
Negative past: Ali did not come to school yesterday.
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Tap the parts in order to build this word: I did not come.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: You (all) came.
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Write three sentences about your week with gelmek, one in each tense, and in each future form check whether the ending starts with a vowel.