The Turkish language · Endings
EVID
The ending glossed EVID takes these forms in the book's examples:
In the examples
Ali dün gelmiş.
Ali came yesterday, I hear. · 13.3 -miş: what you heard or worked out
Ayşe İzmir'e taşınmış.
Ayşe's moved to Izmir, apparently. · 13.3 -miş: what you heard or worked out
Yağmur yağmış.
It must have rained. · 13.3 -miş: what you heard or worked out
Türkçe öğrenmişsin!
You've learned Turkish! · 13.3 -miş: what you heard or worked out
Çok uyumuşum.
I must have slept for hours. · 13.3 -miş: what you heard or worked out
Mehmet işe gitmiş.
Mehmet's gone to work, it seems. · 13.4 Seen or heard
Ben dün sinemaya gittim. Zeynep Ankara'ya gitmiş.
I went to the cinema yesterday. Zeynep went to Ankara, she says. · 13.4 Seen or heard
Ali hastaymış.
Ali's ill, I hear. · 13.5 Was and were: evdeydi
Bu çay çok güzelmiş.
This tea's really good. · 13.5 Was and were: evdeydi
Bir varmış, bir yokmuş.
Once upon a time. · 13.5 Was and were: evdeydi
Ali yarın geliyormuş.
Ali's coming tomorrow, I hear. · 13.6 Was doing: geliyordu
Mehmet bugün işe gitmemiş.
Mehmet didn't go to work today, apparently. · 13.7 Saying no and asking in the past
Ali gelmiş mi?
Has Ali come, do you know? · 13.7 Saying no and asking in the past
Bir varmış, bir yokmuş.
Once upon a time. · 21.2 What you can read now
Bir gün Nasreddin Hoca eşeğine binip pazara gitmiş.
One day Nasreddin Hoca got on his donkey and went to the market. · 21.2 What you can read now