Hello. We told about Main Form of Past Tense in previous lesson; now we are going to learn to conjugate them for personal pronouns.

We add personal endings nearby the Main Form of Tense; see in the table below:

Pronoun                Suffix

Ben                        -m

Sen                        -n

O                           no ending

Biz                          -k

Siz                          -niz, -nız, -nüz, -nız (according to Vowel Harmony)

Onlar                       -lar, -ler

How can we say "I did?"

Yapmak is our verb; stem is "yap"

Main Form > Yaptı

I did > Yaptım

You did > Yaptın

We did > Yaptık

You did > Yaptınız

They did > Yaptılar

Let´s conjugate "okumak" verb for Past Tense:

I read > Okudum

You read > Okudun

We read > Okuduk

You read > Okudunuz

They read > Okudular

Let´s conjugate a different verb now; "kaybolmak". It means to get lost. Stem is "kaybol"

I got lost > Kayboldum

You got lost > Kayboldun

We got lost > Kaybolduk

You get lost > Kayboldunuz

They got lost > Kayboldular

Let´s do the same for verb "yemek". Stem is "ye"

I ate > Yedim

You ate > Yedin

We ate > Yedik

You ate > Yediniz

They ate > Yediler

As you see it is not difficult if you know about the rules.

thx

turkishcobra //