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what are these forms???
1.       pepka
16 posts
 08 Nov 2008 Sat 03:06 pm

Hello, I haves some problems determining some forms of verbs. what is the english equivalent of Cuma günleri ve akþamlarý cami olarak kullanýlýyordu. and of Her sýnýfta kaçar öðrenci okuduðunu þu anda hatýrlayamýyorum.

Great many thanks to the helpers

2.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 08 Nov 2008 Sat 03:28 pm

OK, I will do one:

 

hatýrlayamýyorum: I am unable to remember, I cannot remember

 

-yorum: present continuous tense, me form

 

hatýrla- to remember

 

hatýrlayorum - I remember

 

adding -mý- makes it negative

 

hatýrlamýyorum: I do not remember

 

adding the -a- adds in the idea of ability: -amý- unable to, cannot

 

hatrýlayamýyorum: I can´t remember

 

yapamýyorum: I cannot do

gelemiyorum: I cannot come

yüzemiyorum: I cannot swim etc

 

3.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 08 Nov 2008 Sat 11:06 pm

 

Quoting pepka

Hello, I haves some problems determining some forms of verbs. what is the english equivalent of Cuma günleri ve akþamlarý cami olarak kullanýlýyordu. and of Her sýnýfta kaçar öðrenci okuduðunu þu anda hatýrlayamýyorum.

Great many thanks to the helpers

 

kullanýlýyordu is passive voice; -du says it is past tense; -yor says it is a continuous activity. you cay call this -yordu as "used to" form because it is used as an habitance in past.

 

kullan-mak is "to use"; kullanýl-mak is passive "to be used".

 

so that is kind of;

kullanýlýyordu: "it used to be used" or "it was being used"

 

okuduðunu is relative clause structure with -dik suffix.

 

oku-mak: to study

oku-duk a suffix which is needed for relative clause

okuduk-u: okuduðu: talks about "they" action, so it is "their  studying action"

okuduðu-u : accusative suffix because hatýrlamak needs accusative state, and -n- is buffer because there are two "u"s together. "okuduðunu"

hatýrlayamýyorum: I cannot remember (alredy expalined before my post)

(onlarýn or senin or onun) okuduðunu hatýrlayamýyorum: I cannot remember that they (or you/he/she/it) study (or in past: studied/were studying)

4.       pepka
16 posts
 09 Nov 2008 Sun 11:05 am

thank you people

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