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20.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts 		 22 Jun 2006 Thu 04:08 pm

Quoting mltm:

Quoting Deli_kizin:

Can somebody tell me if it's 'çalışmayor' or 'çalışmıyor'?
I think the second one sounds better, but from as far as I can remember the grammar the negative suffix ought to be me/ma ?



It's "çalışmıyor" Esther.

the negativ suffix is -me, -ma but when other suffixes come after, it can change.

çalışmamak

-ıyorum (I am)
çalışma+ıyorum and "a" is dropped.

-dım (past tense suffix)
çalışma-dım : I didn't study. This one doesn't change.


I think it's because -ıyorum starts with a vowel.



Yes you are right, that is because of the vowel-thing. I totally forgot about it, but I remembered it afterwards when I was thinking of the same example 'çalışmadım'

Thanks. Was the rest that I explained ok? I'm such a lazy ass, as soon as i studied one topic, i never revise it, thus i forget parts of it.

21.       Kehribar
1580 posts 		 22 Jun 2006 Thu 09:18 pm

çalışmak

i am working- calisyorum
i was working - calistim

"yor" is used for the present time

22.       oceanmavi
997 posts 		 22 Jun 2006 Thu 09:40 pm

Quoting ambertje:

çalışmak

i am working- calisyorum
i was working - calistim

"yor" is used for the present time



çalıştım is 'i worked'
çalışıyordum is 'i was working'

'yor' can also be used for the past tense, you just add on dum/dun etc

23.       Kadir37
0 posts 		 22 Jun 2006 Thu 10:10 pm

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