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Well done, we have survived the 1st 3 chapters, how did you get on with the last conversation, bet you were surprised just how easy its been SO FAR.

In Chapter 3 we worked briefly on the Present tense,  now we will look at it a little more closely.

Just to recap

gel   - iyor   - um        come -ing I  / I am coming

When using -iyor follow the i type harmony, which means you will use 4 forms -iyor -ıyor -üyor and lastly -uyor when deciding on the ending for example im you use the o in iyor to hamonise with so

ben will be -um 

sen will be -sun

-biz will be -uz

and

onlar -lar

 

The Negative form for what's happening i.e. what's not happening

In order to make the present tense negative you us -me after the verb but because -iyor beigins with a vowel you do not use the e in -me which avoids as mentioned before, a clash of vowels

Example

Take I am coming but this time  add -me after the verb

gel   -m   -iyor  -um  

gelmiyorum 

I'm not coming

Take a little time and practice adding the correct endings onto different words using the correct endings for ben sen o biz siz and onlar (o has not ending)

Some words you may use for practice are
 

gel     come

sat    sell

sür   drive

koş   run

al     buy

yaz  write

See how you get on and in our next lesson we will work with turning what's happening into a question of what's happening