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Passive Tense ´ödendi´
1.       seanthegutsy
11 posts
 18 May 2012 Fri 02:42 pm

Merhabarlar! 

 

I have this question regarding the passive tense, the word ´ödendi´ means it was paid, a classic passive tense, but how come Yapmak´s passive tense is ´yapıldı´, Göndermek--  Gönderildi, I was told the verb conjugation of Turkish is very regular, is this an exception to the rule? please help me solve this puzzle!

2.       seanthegutsy
11 posts
 18 May 2012 Fri 02:49 pm

My Turkish friend helped me understand the above question, it seems that when passive tense comes across the letter e, il just don´t apply.

3.       si++
3785 posts
 18 May 2012 Fri 02:58 pm

 

Quoting seanthegutsy

My Turkish friend helped me understand the above question, it seems that when passive tense comes across the letter e, il just don´t apply.

 

Right!

 

after vowels and l you need to use -n- istead of -il- which is used otherwise:

 

 

bil-mek -> bil-in-mek (after l)

de-mek -> de-n-mek (after a vowel)

öde-mek -> öde-n-mek (after a vowel)

 

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