Turkish/Negative - Present Continuous Tense

Negative Forms of Present Continous Tense[edit | edit source]

The negative verb stem melts to the -ıyor (-iyor, uyor, üyor) suffix and retains its reduced form -m- of the negative verb suffix (-ma-, -me-).

anlamamak (not to understand)
anlamıyorum (I don't understand)
anlamıyorsun (you don't understand)
anlamıyor (he, she, it doesn't understand)
anlamıyoruz (we don't understand)
anlamıyorsunuz (you don't understand)
anlamıyorlar (they don't understand)

gitmemek (not to go)
gitmiyorum (I don't go)
gitmiyorsun (you don't go)
gitmiyor (he, she, it doesn't go)
gitmiyoruz (we don't go)
gitmiyorsunuz (you don't go)
gitmiyorlar (they don't go)

for comparison

giderler (they go)
gidiyorlar (they're going)

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Turkish/Negative - Present Continuous Tense

Negative Forms of Present Continous Tense[edit | edit source]

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