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Conditionals and tenses
1.       bod
5999 posts
 31 Jul 2006 Mon 04:39 pm

In English it is quite common to put verbs into past tense when using conditionals especially negative conditionals. Is the same true in Türkçe?

For example:
"If I didn't have a car I would have to walk"

eğer arabam yokdusa yürümeliyim
or is it just "yoksa"?

2.       erdinc
2151 posts
 31 Jul 2006 Mon 09:31 pm

Arabam olmasaydı yürümem gerekirdi.

3.       bod
5999 posts
 31 Jul 2006 Mon 09:33 pm

Can yok not be used conditionally like var can?

4.       erdinc
2151 posts
 31 Jul 2006 Mon 10:09 pm

Quoting bod:

Can yok not be used conditionally like var can?



Yes, it can.

yoksa : if there isn't
varsa : if there is

Araban yoksa, ben götürebilirim.
If you don't have a car I can take you.

But what you wanted to say is a different thing than "if there isn't". Yours is fictional. It means you have a car but you are thinking about a fictional case. This is not the same as "yoksa".

olmasaydı : if there hadn't been
olsaydı : if there had been

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