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Optative Mood

Simple Tense

Dilek-sart kipi

 

Simple -- Negative

Simple -- 
Interrogative

Simple -- Negative 
Interrogative

gelsem -- 
if I come, if I would 
come, if I came 

gelmesem --
if I don't come, if I 
wouldn't come, if I 
didn't come 

gelsem mi?--
what if I come? what if 
I would come? what if I 
came? 

gelmesem mi? --
what if I don't come? 
what if I wouldn't come? 
what if I didn't come? 

gelsen --
if you come, if you 
would come, if you 
came 

gelmesen --
if you don't come, if 
you wouldn't come, if 
you didn't come 

gelsen mi? --
what if you come? what 
if you would come? 
what if you came? 

gelmesen mi? --
what if you don't come? 
what if you wouldn't 
come? what if you didn't 
come? 

gelse --
if he/she/it comes, if he 
would come, if he 
came 

gelmese --
if he/she/it doesn't 
come, if he wouldn't 
come, if he didn't come 

gelse mi? --
what if he/she/it comes? 
what if he would come? 
what if he came? 

gelmese mi? --
what if he/she/it doesn't 
come? what if he 
wouldn't come? what if 
he didn't come? 

gelsek --
if we come, if we 
would come, if we 
came 

gelmesek --
if we don't come, if we 
wouldn't come, if we 
didn't come 

gelsek mi? --
what if we come? what 
if we would come? what 
if we came? 

gelmesek mi?--
what if we don't come? 
what if we wouldn't 
come? what if we didn't 
come? 

gelseniz --
if you come, if you 
would come, if you 
came 

gelmeseniz --
if you don't come, if 
you wouldn't come, if 
you didn't come 

gelseniz mi? --
what if you come? what 
if you would come? 
what if you came? 

gelmeseniz mi?--
what if you don't come? 
what if you wouldn't 
come? what if you didn't 
come? 

gelseler --
if they come, if they 
would come, if they 
came 

gelmeseler --
if they don't come, if 
they wouldn't come, if 
they didn't come 

gelseler mi? --
what if they come? what 
if they would come? 
what if they came? 

gelmeseler mi?-- 
what if they don't come? 
what if they wouldn't 
come? what if they didn't 
come? 

Related Examples

  

  

Yaz 

gelse

! K

I

s bu sene 

çok uzun sürdü. 

If

 summer 

would

 only 

come

! Winter has 

lasted a very long time 
this year. 
-----
Param 

olsa

, güzel bir 

ceket al

I

r

I

m. 

I would buy a nice 
jacket 

if I had (if it be) 

the money. 
-----
Yagmur 

dinse

 o 

Yemeg

gelmese

, ne iyi 

olacak. 

If he doesn't come

 to 

dinner, how nice it will 
be. 
-----

Kar yagmasa

, kartopu 

oynayamay

I

z. 

If it doesn't snow

, we 

won't play with 
snowballs. 
-----
Bu aksam sinemaya 

gitmesen

, iyi olur. 

It would be better 

if you 

didn't go

 to the movies 

Ona 

sorsak m

I

What if we were to ask 

him? 
-----
Taksiyle 

gitseniz

 kaç 

dakika sürer? 
How many minutes 
would it take 

if you 

went 

by taxicab? 

-----
Simdi 

ugrasam m

I

acaba? 
I wonder, 

what if I drop 

in

 now? 

-----
Perihana 

sorsam

, tarif 

Acaba 

sormasan

I

z m

I

daha iyi olur? 
I wonder if it'd be better 

if 

(what if) 

you didn't 

ask? 
-----

Bugün daireye 

ugramasam m

I

What if I didn't stop by 

the office today? 
-----
Bunu 

okumasak m

I

acaba? 
I wonder, 

what if we 

didn't read

 this? 

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gelecek. 
She will come 

if it 

stops

 raining. 

-----
Hemen 

gitsen

, görür 

mü? 
Would he see you 

if 

you went

 right away? 

-----
Bugün eve 

gitse de 

görse.

Would that he would 
come

 home today 

and 

see

-----
Beni 

görse

, sasar. 

If he were to see

 me, 

he'd be amazed. 

this evening. 
-----
Simdi 

anlatmasam

daha iyi olur. 
It's better 

that I not (if I 

don't) explain

 now. 

-----
Çocuklar erken 

kalkmasalar da, 
uyusalar.

Let's hope the kids 

don't 

get up 

early

, but get 

(some)

 sleep

eder mi? 

Were I to ask

 Perihan, 

would she explain? 

* there is similarity in meaning between the Optative Mood (shown here), the 

Present 

Continuous Conditional

, and the 

Present Simple Conditional

 

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