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yüzebilirdim - yüzebildim nasıl söylenir İngilizcede?
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10.       Henry
2604 posts
 24 Mar 2012 Sat 11:45 am

 

Quoting burhanturkce

Could have ve would have aynı manayı mı veriyor?

 

I would have written - yazabilirdim

I could have written  - yazabilirdim

 

arasındaki fark ne? 

 

Bence

yazacaktım = I would have written

yazabilirdim = I could have written

yazardım = I would write

yazabilirim = I can write, I am able to write



Edited (3/24/2012) by Henry [added 2 more lines]

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11.       tunci
7149 posts
 24 Mar 2012 Sat 12:08 pm

 

-acak + dı  is also used as " about to do someting"

I was just about to phone you ---> Ben de tam sana telefon edecektim.



Edited (3/24/2012) by tunci

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12.       tunci
7149 posts
 24 Mar 2012 Sat 12:15 pm

 

and also

FUTURE IN THE PAST

1. Structure: Yapı

I was going to sleep. Ben uyuyacaktım.
He
She
It
was O uyuyacaktı.
O uyuyacaktı.
O uyuyacaktı.
We
You
They
were Biz uyuyacaktık.
Siz uyuyacaktınız.
Onlar uyuyacaktı.

Olumsuz şekli

I was not going to sleep. Ben uyumayacaktım.
He
She
It
was O uyumayacaktı.
O uyumayacaktı.
O uyumayacaktı.
We
You
They
were Biz uyumayacaktık.
Siz uyumayacaktınız.
Onlar uyumayacaktı.

Soru şekli

Was I going to sleep. Ben uyuyacak mıydım?
Was he
she
it
O uyuyacak mıydı?
O uyuyacak mıydı?
O uyuyacak mıydı?
Were we
you
they
Biz uyuyacak mıydık?
Siz uyuyacak mıydınız?
Onlar uyuyacak mıydı?

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13.       si++
3785 posts
 24 Mar 2012 Sat 01:31 pm

 

Quoting Henry

 

 

yüzebilirdim = I could have swam

yüzebildim = I could swim

yüzebilirim ya da yüzebiliyorum = I can swim, I am able to swim

 

Henry,

 

I have learned in the class that we should have "swum" (pp of swim).

 

Marion either didn´t correct it. How come? Is that OK?

 

14.       Henry
2604 posts
 25 Mar 2012 Sun 12:43 am

 

Quoting si++

Henry,

I have learned in the class that we should have "swum" (pp of swim).

Marion either didn´t correct it. How come? Is that OK?

 

You are correct. My mistake. {#emotions_dlg.shy}

Swam is the past tense verb of swim, and swum is a past participle that needs to be used with an auxillery verb like have or had.

Unfortunately many English speakers like myself, do not know all our grammar rules. By learning Turkish, my English grammar knowledge has also slowly improved.

He swam in the Black Sea yesterday.

He had swum in the Black Sea before.

I have never swum in the Black Sea, but I swam in the Mediterranean Sea last year. 

Because we hardly ever use ´swum´, it sounds unusual and even wrong to many English speakers.

 



Edited (3/25/2012) by Henry
Edited (3/25/2012) by Henry [error]

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