The Turkish language · Endings
NEG.AOR
The ending glossed NEG.AOR takes these forms in the book's examples:
In the examples
Mehmet et yemez.
Mehmet doesn't eat meat. · 14.5 Its negative: -mez
Ben kahve içmem.
I don't drink coffee. · 14.5 Its negative: -mez
Kimseye söylemem.
I won't tell anyone. · 14.5 Its negative: -mez
Olmaz!
No way! · 14.5 Its negative: -mez
Bir çay daha içmez misiniz?
Won't you have another tea? · 14.5 Its negative: -mez
Eskiden kahve içmezdim.
I didn't use to drink coffee. · 14.6 Used to: giderdik
Olmaz! Bu sefer ben ödeyeceğim.
No way! I'm paying this time. · 15.7 At a café
Gelmezsen Ali üzülür.
If you don't come, Ali will be upset. · 20.6 -se: if
Ben olsam gitmezdim.
If I were you, I wouldn't go. · 20.7 Wishes, and if things were different