Turkish Potential Mood Positive - to be able, I can

Turkish Potential Mood Positive - to be able, I can

Positive Potential Mood Formation

• Active Verb:
  yazmakto write
  gelmekto come
  gülmekto laugh


• Passive Verb:
  yazılmakto be written


• Passive Potential:
  yazılabilmek
  to be able to be written


• Active Potential:
  gelebilmek
  to be able to come
  yazabilmek
  to be able to write
  gülebilmek
  to be able to laugh


• The Causative Potential:
  güldürmekto make s.o. laugh


• Causative Potential Passive :
  güldürebilmek
  to be able to make s.o. laugh

Turkish Positive Potential - verb stem terminates in a vowel.

• Verb Stems ending in a Vowel: add -yebil- -yabil- using buffer letter -y-


• yürümekto walk → yürüyebilmek
  [yürüyebilmek]
  to be able to walk


• taşımakto carry → taşıyabilmek
  [taşıyabilmek]
  to be able to carry

Turkish Potential Mood Examples

Turkish Potential Mood Present Continuous Conjugation

• Active:görmekto see →


• Passive:görebilmek
  to be able to see


• görebiliyorum
  I can see, I am able to see, I may see, I might see


• görebiliyorsun
  you can see, you are able to see


• görebiliyor
  he can see, he is able to see


• görebiliyoruz
  we can see, we are able to see


• görebiliyorsunuz
  you can see, you are am able to see


• görebiliyorlar
  they can see, they are able to see

Turkish Potential Interrogative

• gelebiliyor muyum?
  Can I come?


• gelebiliyor musunuz?
  Can you come?

Turkish Potential Mood Future Conjugation

• Future Potential:
  kalmakto stay, to remain →
  kalabilecekto be able to stay, remain
  [in future time]


• kalabileceğim
  I will be able to stay


• kalabileceksin
  you will be able to stay


• kalabilecek
  he will be able to stay


• kalabileceğiz
  we will be able to stay


• kalabileceksiniz
  you will be able to stay


• kalabilecekler
  they will be able to stay


• Future Interrogative Potential: Is formed in a similar manner.


• gidebilecek misiniz?
  will you be able to go?

Turkish Potential Mood Definite Past Tense

• beklemekto wait, to expect →


• bekleyebilmekto be able to wait, expect


• bekleyebildim
  I could wait


• bekleyebildin
  you could wait


• bekleyebildi
  he could wait


• bekleyebildik
  we could wait


• bekleyebildiniz
  you could wait


• bekleyebildiler
  they could wait

Turkish Potential Mood Definite Unreal Past Tense

• Past Definite Potential Unreal:


• beklemekto wait, to expect →
  bekleyebilirmek
  to be able to wait, expect


• bekleyebilirdim
  I could have waited


• bekleyebilirdin
  you could have waited


• bekleyebilirdi
  he could have waited


• bekleyebilirdik
  we could have waited


• bekleyebilirdiniz
  you could have waited


• bekleyebilirdiler
  they could have waited

Turkish Potential Mood Indefinite Past Tense

• Past Indefinite Potential:


• düşünmekto think →


• düşünebilmekto be able to think
  düşünebilmişimit seems I was able to think


• düşünebilmişsin
  it seems you were able to think


• düşünebilmiş
  it seems he was able to think


• düşünebilmişiz
  it seems we were able to think


• düşünebilmişsiniz
  it seems you were able to think


• düşünebilmişler
  it seems they were able to think


• Active potential Interrogative form:


• bekleyebilmişsiniz mi?
  could you have waited?

Turkish Potential Mood Past Continuous Tense

• Imperfect Past Potential Passive:


• yapmakto do, to make →
  yapabilmekto be able to do


• yapabiliyordum
  I was able to do


• yapabiliyordun
  you were able to do


• yapabiliyordu
  he was able to do


• yapabiliyorduk
  we were able to do


• yapabiliyordunuz
  you were able to do


• yapabiliyorlardı
  they were able to do


• Interrogative form:


• durabiliyorlardı mı?
  were they able to stop, halt ?