Meltem's explanation is perfect.
The -e,-a is the 'unabilitative suffix'. Smillarly ve have an 'ability suffix' which is -ebil, -abil.

Some time ago I had written a few exercises on this issue. Of course nobody bothered to try them but it is here on my last messages if you want to have a look:

http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_27_2178_-1

Greetings,
I have edited my first few posts in this thread.

I decided to avoid the slang version of future tense pronounciations.

Please check messages till message number 6 for updated information.

Let me summarize this issue:

There is only one correct way to write verbs in future tense conjugation and this is by including -ecek or -acak suffixes.

1. Correct spelling: "yapacağım, yapacaksın, yapacak, yapacağız, yapacaksınız, yapacaklar, gideceğim, arayacak mısın?"

2. Suggested pronounciation is according "Istanbul Turkish". We normally would pronounce these words as "yapıcağm, yapıcaksın, yapıcak, yapıcağz, yapıcaksınız, yapıcaklar, gidiceğm, arıyıcak mısın?"

3. Pronouncing them as they are written (#1) is also acceptable.

4. There is one more and shorter way to pronounce them. It goes like "yapçam, yapçaksın, yapçak, gitçem etc." and I think it is best to avoid this street slang.

İyi sabahlar herkese!
Bügün herkes nasıl?

herkese : to everyone

damalianti,

You have learned it correctly. When adding messages by others I have made corrections whenever neccessary. If it had been incorrect I wouldn't quote it in the opening message in this thread.

When you have a trustfull source it is obviously very practical to learn by listening and reading. You must have come across to this sentence somewhere and you remember that sentence. So it must be usefull for you to study that way.

Actually this is what I suggest to others as well. Get a Turkish book and a dictionary and start reading it. If you don't unedrstand some grammar issues quote it here and we will do our best to explain. Of course you don't need to ask every grammar issue, at least not the very small ones.

So, yeah, most dialogues by our forein members were very good indeed.

Anlıyorum caliptrix. Bod'u küçük şeyler yüzünden üzmek istemediniz. Çok düşÃ¼ncelisiniz. Bod, iyi bir öğrenci öyle değil mi?
(Yabancı arkadaşlara biraz pratik olsun diye Türkçe yazdım.)

Hi Bod,
The line you quoted doesn't belong to me. I have quoted it from damalianti in my message.

Hi bod,
1. It's not hastar but mastar hali.
2. To make a noun sentence negative we use "değil" (isn't). To make a verb sentence negative we use the negative suffix -me, -ma.
A noun sentence is a sentence that hasn't a conjugated verb but has a noun or adjective. Example:
İstanbul çok güzel. > Noun sentence because of 'güzel'.
Ankara pek güzel değil. > Noun sentence because of 'güzel'.
Ali okula gitti. > verb sentence because of gitmek.
Ali okula gitmedi. > verb sentence because of gitmek.

3. Mastal hali is the infinitive but 'gitme', 'incitme', 'okuma', 'yazma', etc. are negative imperatives. Smillarly 'git', 'incit', 'oku', 'yaz', etc. are affirmative imperatives. They are not infinitives.

The infinitives are 'gitmek' (to go) , 'incitmek' (to hurt), 'okumak' (to read) , 'yazmak' (to write), etc. and the negative imperatives are 'gitmemek' (not to go) , 'incitmemek' (not to hurt), 'okumamak' (not to read) , 'yazmamak' (not to write), etc.

Here are some sentences with negative imperatives:

Hayvanları incitmemek önemli.
Kitap okumamak çok büyük bir eksiklik.
Gitmemek ayıp olur.
Önemsiz sorulara kısa cevaplar vermek ve uzun uzun yazmamak gerekir.

'teşekkür ederim' means thank you and 'teşekkürler' means 'thanks'. They are both quite common and they are interchangeable just like in English. -ler and -lar are plural suffixes in Turkish.

'sağol' is more informal and is common as well. I would suggest to stick with 'teşekkür ederim' or 'teşekkürler' since they are safer and you wouldn't want to sound too informal or too inviting when you didn't mean to.

sağol: thank you (speaking in singulars)
sağolun: thank you (speaking in plurals)

We normally speak in plurals with strangers even if it's a single person. So 'sağol' violates the normal speech firstly for being an informal word and secondly for being in singulars. 'Sağolun' is alright if you just met somebody but still it feels too friendly. You would normally prefer 'teşekkür ederim' which keeps the distance and is polite.

As I said, 'teşekkür ederim' or 'teşekkürler' is always safer.

'Mersi' is posh and girlish. I would never use mersi.

We have lots of loanwords in our language. 'mersi', 'pardon' and 'bye bye' are typical examples. All of them are common.

We say 'güle güle' when somebody leaves and we stay. If we are the one who leaves and others are staying then we don't say 'güle güle' but instead we say 'hoşÃ§akal' or 'görüşmek üzere' (hope to see you again).

hoşÃ§akal: (speaking in singulars)
hoşÃ§akalın : (speaking in plurals)

Greetings,
Yes I will start a new beginners class on early September at the same place.

Please notice that this course is only two hours per week. (edit: 11.09.2006: it is 3 hours per week now) There are more dense courses if you would prefer. You can find other courses following the link below.

http://www10.learndirect-advice-search.co.uk/pls/hotufi2/ld_all_home.page_pls_all_home_adv

When you make a search it turns out that the 'School of Oriental and African Studies' is the main place to look at when it comes to Turkish courses in London. Here is their website:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre/other/turkish.html

The amazon.co.uk link that you mention includes both the book and the CD's. £17.15 is the cheapest UK price. Whsmith has the same set for the same price if you go and collect.

This link below was is in the starting post as well. Please check the starting post again since I updated it with more information on those two books I have mentioned recently.

http://gb.bookbutler.com/do/bookCompare%3Bjsessionid=D2F8E7A08974C306A1C07F3CF3CE5695?searchFor=0340871059&amountIn=gbp&shipTo=gb&searchIn=uk