Hello friends. Welcome to the lesson.

I told you that in daily Turkish, we use Imperative mood for four pronouns:

a) Sen  b) Siz  c) O  d) Onlar

I told how we use Imperative Mode for Sen/O/Onlar Pronouns. But I didn´t talk about "Siz". In this lesson, I will talk about that.

When we want to express Imperative Mood for "Siz" (Plural You), we add "-in/-un/-ün/-ın" suffixes, nearby the verb root.

If verb root ends with a vowel, than we put "y" as connection character. We will select one of "-in/-un/-ün/-ın" according to the Vowel Harmony. Let´ see.

Yap + ın : Do it! (Plural)

Oku + y + un: Read it! (Plural)

Gör + ün : See! (Plural)

Duy + un : Hear! (Plural)

Öğren + in : Learn! (Plural)

Kapat + ın : Close! (Plural)

Gid + in : Go! (t became d)

Söyle + y + in : Say! (Plural)

For a more respectful and official saying, add "-ız/-iz/-uz/-üz" suffixes. Select one of these suffixes according to Vowel Harmony.

Yapın + ız: Do it (Official)

Bakın + ız: Look! (Official)

Duyun + uz: Hear! (Official)

Söyleyin + iz: Say! (Official)

Öğrenin + iz: Learn! (Official)

Okuyun + uz: Read it! (Official)

And, negative form of Imperative Mood.

The most basic negativeness suffix for verbs is "-ma/-me". This suffix changes according the Vowel Harmony (last vowel of verb). I have tried to tell the harmony of "-ma/-me" with the last vowel of verb root:

You see the table below. Let´s start according to it:

Yap + ma : Don´t do!

Bak + ma: Don´t look!

Söyle + me: Don´t say!

Oku + ma : Don´t read!

Gör + me: Don´t see!

Yaz + ma: Don´t write!

It is too easy for "sen". Let´s look at negative form of 3rd Singular Person, "o":

We put "-ma/-me" suffixes between verb root and two of 3rd Singular Person Imperative Mood suffixes "-sın/-sin". As negativeness suffixes never contain "u,ü,o and ö" we will not need -sun/-sün.

Yap + ma + sın : Let him/her not do

Bak + ma + sın : Let him/her not look

Söyle + me + sin : Let him/her not  say

Oku + ma + sın : Let him/her not read

Gör + me + sin: Let him/her not see

For plural 3r person "onlar/they", just add "-ler/-lar" nearby the imperative moods above:

Yapmasın + lar : Let them not do

Bakmasın + lar : Let them not look

Söylemesin + ler : Let them not say

Okumasın + lar : Let them not read

Görmesin + ler : Let them not see

And negative form for "siz" pronoun. "-me/-ma" will come between verb root and imperative mood suffixes. We will only need "-ın/-in" suffixes because that "-me/-ma"

Bak + ma + y + ın : Don´t look (plural)

Yap + ma + y + ın : Don´t do (plural)

Söyle + me + y + in : Don´t say (plural)

Oku + ma + y + ın : Don´t read (plural)

For more respectful and official saying;

Bakmayın + ız : Don´t look (official)

Yapmayın + ız : Don´t do (official)

Söylemeyin + iz : Don´t say (official)

Okumayın + ız : Don´t read (official)

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