Welcome to the lesson. In this lesson, we are going to talk about the negative form of Simple Present Tense.

We use a different structure when we express negativeness for Simple Tense for each pronoun. We do it by "-ma/-me". Let´s see.

1) Negative Form of Present Tense for "Ben"

We can formulize the structure basicly;

"Verb root + -ma/me + m"

Bil + me + m : I don´t know.

Yap + ma + m : I don´t do.

Kapat + ma + m : I don´t close.

Unut + ma + m : I don´t forget.

Gör + me + m : I don´t see.

Oku + ma + m : I don´t read.

2) Negative Form of Present Tense for "Sen"

With a simple formula:

"Verb root + -me/ma + z + -sin/-sın"

Bil + me + z + sin : You don´t know

Yap + ma + z + sın : You don´t do

Kapat + ma + z + sın : You don´t close

Unut + ma + z + sın : You don´t forget

Gör + me + z + sin : You don´t see

Oku + ma + z + sın : You don´t read

3) Negative Form of Present Tense for "O"

With a simple formula;

"Verb root + -me/-ma + z"

Bil + me + z : He/she/it doesn´t know

Yap + ma + z : He/she/it doesn´t do

Kapat + ma + z : He/she/it doesn´t forget

Unut + ma + z : He/she/it doesn´t forget

Gör + me + z : He/she/it doesn´t see

Oku + ma + z : He/she/it doesn´t read

4) Negative Form of Present Tense for "Biz"

With a simple formula;

"Verb root + -me/-ma + y + -iz/-ız"

Bil + me + y + iz : We don´t know

Yap + ma + y + ız : We don´t do

Kapat + ma + y + ız : We don´t close

Unut + ma + y + ız : We don´t forget

Gör + me + y + iz : We don´t see

Oku + ma + y + ız : We don´t read

5) Negative Form of Present Tense for "Siz"

With a simple formula;

"Verb root + -me/-ma + z + -siniz/-sınız

Bil + me + z + siniz : You don´t know

Yap + ma + z + sınız : You don´t do

Kapat + ma + z + sınız : You don´t close

Unut + ma + z + sınız : You don´t forget

Gör + me + z + siniz : You don´t see

Oku + ma + z + sınız : You don´t read

6) Negative Form of Present Tense for "Onlar"

You can add "-ler/lar" nearby Negative Form for "o".

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