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Learning the Turkish Questions displayed below is vital to the language. Turkish questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... etc.
In Turkish there are several ways of asking a question:
In Turkish this kind of questions start with different question words. For example:
Who: Kim What: Ne When: Ne zaman Why: Niçin, Neden
Where: Nereye, nerede, nereden
“Kim gelecek?” means Who will come?
“Ne dedin?” means What did you say?
“Ne zaman geldiniz?” means When did you come?
“ Neden gelmedin?” means Why didn’t you come?
“Nereye gideceğiz?” means Where will we go?
This kind of questions are constructed using “-mı, -mi, -mu, -mü” at the end of the sentences.
Examples:
O gelecek mi? means Will he/she come?
O yaptı mı? means Did he/she do?
Sen yoruldun mu? means Are you tired?
Sen gördün mü? means Did you see?
-Finally you can also make a question by adding a tag question to the end of a sentence. The tag question is “değil mi” in Turkish.
Examples:
O toplantıya geldi, değil mi? means He/She came to the meeting, didn’t she/he?
Aslı eve gitmeyecek, değil mi? means Aslı won’t go to home, will she?
( In the last example, the word gitmeyecek has negative meaning. The suffix “–me, (-ma)” gives the negative meaning to the verb. We will see it in negation lesson below)
As you can understand, opposite to English, we use always the same word phrase “değil mi” to express tag question.
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Turkish Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | Sorular |
| how? | nasıl? |
| what? | ne? |
| who? | kim? |
| why? | neden? |
| where? | nerede? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Turkish.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Turkish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Turkish vocabulary.
| English Questions | Turkish Questions |
|---|---|
| where is he? | o nerede? |
| what is this? | bu nedir? |
| why are you sad? | neden üzgünsün? |
| how do you want to pay? | nasıl ödemek istersiniz? |
| can I come? | gelebilir miyim? |
| is he sleeping? | o uyuyor mu? |
| do you know me? | beni tanıyor musunuz? |
| do you have my book? | sende benim kitabım var mı? |
| how big is it? | ne kadar büyük? |
| can I help you? | Sana yardım edebilir miyim? |
| can you help me? | Bana yardımcı olabilir misiniz? |
| do you speak English? | ingilizce konuşuyor musunuz? |
| how far is this? | (bu) ne kadar uzak? |
| what time is it? | saat kaç? |
| how much is this? | bu ne kadar?, kaç para? |
| what is your name? | senin adın ne? |
| where do you live? | nerede yaşıyorsun? |
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