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mi, mu ....where in the sentence for a question?
1.       mrichard
16 posts
 09 Jul 2015 Thu 07:47 pm

I thought  mi mu mü mı was always at the end of the sentence when you ask a question?

However I saw this exemple:

kahve mi içiyor?

Türk çay içiyor musunuz?

could you explain to me this rule, please.

merci beaucoup

 

 

2.       gugukkusu
126 posts
 09 Jul 2015 Thu 08:56 pm

It depends on the focus of the question.

 

Kahve içiyor musun? :

Literally: Are you drinking coffee? Usually: Would you like some coffee?

 

Kahve mi içiyorsun? :

Are you drinking coffee?

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3.       mrichard
16 posts
 10 Jul 2015 Fri 09:07 am

Teşekküker Gugukussu

Bu yüzden If I understood I use 

birinci cümle : If i want to ask if someone want something.

ve üçüncü cümle: if I see someone with a cup and i want to know what he is drinking.

That right? or not...

Sorry Gugukussu, I have been learning turkish alone since 5 month and it is very difficult

fortunately there is this forum with a lot of people who take the time to teach this language. Thank you very much.

4.       gugukkusu
126 posts
 10 Jul 2015 Fri 02:18 pm

 

Quoting mrichard

Teşekküker Gugukussu

Bu yüzden If I understood I use 

birinci cümle : If i want to ask if someone want something.

ve üçüncü cümle: if I see someone with a cup and i want to know what he is drinking.

That right? or not...

Sorry Gugukussu, I have been learning turkish alone since 5 month and it is very difficult

fortunately there is this forum with a lot of people who take the time to teach this language. Thank you very much.

Exactly. You don´t need to be sorry and I believe you´re doing great. It´s not easy to notice such subtle differences. Keep it up

 

5.       turk26
5 posts
 04 Sep 2015 Fri 02:24 am

İf word´s last vowel is "o" or "u" .. you must use " musun" 

geliyor musun? Be careful "o" = Geliy(o)r 

Kalıyor musun? 

Arıyor musun?  present continous tense.

 

olur musun ? ( simple present tense) 

Bulur musun ? 

doğurur musun? 

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İf word´s last vowel is "ü" ..... You must use " müsün" 

ölür müsün? Be careful "ü"  =öl(ür    ( simple present tense )

görür müsün? (Simple present tense) 

 

güldün mü  (past tense) 

öptün mü ( past tense) 

gördün mü( past tense) 

 

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if word´s last vowel is "a" or "ı" ..... You must use " mısın" 

Kalır mısın? 

Alır mısın? 

Sayar mısın? 

Yatar mısın? 

Satar mısın? (simple present tense )

 


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if word´s last vowel is "e" or  "i" ...... You must use "misin" 

 

gelir misin ? 

İçer misin? 

Biner misin? 

Sever misin? 

Beğenir misin? (Simple present tense) 

 

Geldin mi ? 

Gittin mi? 

İndin mi ? ( past tense) 

 

 

6.       JNQ
465 posts
 04 Sep 2015 Fri 11:02 am

 

Quoting mrichard

I thought  mi mu mü mı was always at the end of the sentence when you ask a question?

However I saw this exemple:

kahve mi içiyor?

Türk çay içiyor musunuz?

could you explain to me this rule, please.

merci beaucoup

 

 

Actually I hear the question participle used more in other places than the end of a sentence. 

 

 

7.       kertmeyenkele
100 posts
 04 Sep 2015 Fri 02:35 pm

 

Quoting JNQ

 

Actually I hear the question participle used more in other places than the end of a sentence. 

 

 

 

I hope you don´t mind correcting you here. Our question particle is a very handy tool indeed.

 

One interesting fact about it is that we share it with Chinese (see ma below). You know we were neighbours with them in the past so our languages have something in common.

 

https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/ma-ne/

8.       JNQ
465 posts
 04 Sep 2015 Fri 07:22 pm

 

Quoting kertmeyenkele

 

 

I hope you don´t mind correcting you here. Our question particle is a very handy tool indeed.

 

 

Ofcourse not, you are right, I totally overlooked that. Ah - politeness... it does exist, thank you, very nice.  

 

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