TensesThere are 5 fundamental tenses in Turkish. These are:
Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmiş zaman) --> Regular past tenseThere is no suffix for the regular past tense. The only point is that you must use the past tense form of to be. Be careful about the harmony rules though, as always. The use of the past tense with -di is almost the same as the English past tense.
The same way regular past tense is applied to verbs, it can also be applied to nouns and adjectives using the past tense form of to be. The meaning in this case is the same as the meaning of 'was' in English.
Regular past tense of a word is constructed this way:
Let's see how a verb is used in regular past tense on the following examples:
Note that making the past tense of a verb and making the past tense of a noun or adjective is the same, but only as long as they are positive. The negative suffix for verbs is -me, but negatives of nouns and adjectives are constructed using değil. Değil is not a suffix, it is used as a seperate word. Let's see a few examples to how nouns and adjectives are expressed in past tense.
Let's see how these personal suffixes are used on some example verbs:
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