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02 May 2006 Tue 05:26 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting Kadir37: -mekte is used almost entirely in formal written Turkish, and almost never in daily speech. It replaces both -iyor and -ir in formal writing, in the same way that -mistir often replaces the -di past tense in such writing. |
Thank you for the very good explanations 
However, the above quote seems to disagree with my book on Turkish grammar that states that the -mekte suffix is becoming more and more common in everyday spoken Turkish. |
no not common.
konuşma dilinde günden güne daha yaygın hale gelmekte falan değil... 
If you said:
Bak, araba gitmekte!
or
Nasıl olmaktasın?
or
Çalışmakta mısın?
then someone will smile first, then laugh 
Bak, araba gidiyor.
Nasılsın?
Çalışıyor musun?
So which is common?
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