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Negation & Questions
Negation with -me/-ma, question particle mi/mu/mu/mu, question words
Negation in different tenses
negation suffix placement across tenses
varies
İçmiyorum (cont neg), içmem (aorist neg), içmedim (past neg), içmeyeceğim (future neg)
Negative question: değil mi?
is it not? / isn't it?
deh-eel mee
Güzel, değil mi? = Beautiful, isn't it? Tag question with değil mi
Değil: not (for nouns/adjectives)
negates nominal predicates
deh-eel
Öğrenci değilim = I am not a student; değil negates non-verbal predicates
Double negation in Turkish
two negatives do not make a positive
varies
Hiçbir şey içmiyorum = I am not drinking anything (double neg is standard)
Question word + negation
negative question with question word
varies
Neden gitmiyorsun? = Why aren't you going?
Rhetorical questions
questions used as assertions
varies
Bu ne demek? = What does this mean? (expressing disbelief)
Indirect questions with -ip/-ip olmadığını
embedded questions in complex sentences
varies
Gelip gelmediğini bilmiyorum = I don't know whether he came
Tag questions: değil mi / öyle değil mi
confirmation-seeking tags
varies
Türkçe biliyorsun, değil mi? = You know Turkish, don't you?
Polite requests with -ir misiniz
would you please
varies
Pencereyi açar mısınız? = Would you open the window please?
Exclamations: Ne kadar! / Ne güzel!
how much! / how beautiful!
neh kah-dahr / neh gew-zel
Ne + adjective for exclamatory degree: Ne güzel! = How beautiful!