Turkish Gramer Lesson-64-Future in the past in Turkish (Question form) (gelecek zamanın hikayesi)

Turkish Gramer Lessons

1. Dün partiye gitseydin, onunla konuşacak mıydın?

• English: If you had gone to the party yesterday, were you going to talk to him/her?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Dün: Yesterday
• Partiye: To the party (parti + dative suffix -ye)
• Gitseydin: If you had gone (git- (root) + -se (if) + -ydi (past) + -n (2nd person singular))
• Onunla: With him/her (onun (possessive pronoun) + -la (instrumental suffix))
• Konuşacak: Going to talk (konuş- (root) + -acak (future))
• mıydı: Was it (mı (question particle) + -ydı (past tense)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Evet, onunla konuşacaktım. / Hayır, onunla konuşmayacaktım.
• English: Yes, I was going to talk to him/her. / No, I wasn’t going to talk to him/her.

2. Eğer Türkiye’ye gitseydin, Emre ile tanışacak mıydın?

• English: If you had gone to Turkey, were you going to meet Emre?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Eğer: If (optional for emphasis)
• Türkiye’ye: To Turkey (Türkiye + dative suffix -ye)
• Gitseydin: If you had gone (git- (root) + -se (if) + -ydi (past) + -n (2nd person singular))
• Emre ile: With Emre (Emre + -ile (with))
• Tanışacak: Going to meet (tanış- (root) + -acak (future))
• mıydı: Was it (mı (question particle) + -ydı (past tense)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Evet, Emre ile tanışacaktım. / Hayır, Emre ile tanışmayacaktım.
• English: Yes, I was going to meet Emre. / No, I wasn’t going to meet Emre.

3. Emre sınavda başarılı olsaydı, üniversitede hangi bölümü okuyacaktı?

• English: If Emre had succeeded in the exam, which department was he going to study at university?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Emre: Emre (proper noun)
• Sınavda: In the exam (sınav + locative suffix -da)
• Başarılı olsaydı: If he had succeeded (başarılı (adjective) + ol- (root) + -sa (if) + -ydı (past))
• Üniversitede: At university (üniversite + locative suffix -de)
• Hangi bölümü: Which department (hangi (which) + bölüm (department) + accusative suffix -ü)
• Okuyacaktı: Was going to study (oku- (root) + -acak (future) + -tı (past)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Tıp okuyacaktı. / Başarılı olmasaydı, okuyamayacaktı.
• English: He was going to study medicine. / If he hadn’t succeeded, he wasn’t going to study anything.

4. Onlar kazansaydı, ne olacaktı?

• English: If they had won, what was going to happen?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Onlar: They
• Kazansaydı: If they had won (kazan- (root) + -sa (if) + -ydı (past))
• Ne: What
• Olacaktı: Was going to happen (ol- (root) + -acak (future) + -tı (past)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Büyük bir kutlama olacaktı. / Hiçbir şey olmayacaktı.
• English: There was going to be a big celebration. / Nothing was going to happen.

5. Onu görmeseydik, ne değişecekti?

• English: If we hadn’t seen him/her, what was going to change?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Onu: Him/her (o (pronoun) + accusative suffix -nu)
• Görmeseydik: If we hadn’t seen (gör- (root) + -me (negation) + -se (if) + -ydik (past, 1st person plural))
• Ne: What
• Değişecekti: Was going to change (değiş- (root) + -ecek (future) + -ti (past)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Hiçbir şey değişmeyecekti.
• English: Nothing was going to change.

6. Siz evlenseydiniz, bu olmayacak mıydı?

• English: If you had gotten married, wasn’t this going to happen?

Word-by-word breakdown:

• Siz: You (plural/formal)
• Evlenseydiniz: If you had gotten married (evlen- (root) + -se (if) + -ydiniz (past, 2nd person plural))
• Bu: This
• Olmayacak: Wasn’t going to happen (ol- (root) + -ma (negation) + -acak (future))
• mıydı: Was it (mı (question particle) + -ydı (past)).

Possible Answers:

• Turkish: Evet, bu olmayacaktı. / Hayır, bu olacaktı.
• English: Yes, this wasn’t going to happen. / No, this was going to happen.