The Indicative Mood Tense3.doc

Indicative Mood

Past, Dubitative Compound Tense

(Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)

Türkce -- Bilesik Eylem ZamanlarI, Belirsiz geçmis zamanIn rivayeti

Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative

(Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)

Past, Dubitative Compound -- Interrogative

(Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)

Past, Dubitative Compound -- Negative Interrogative

(Note: This verb construction is hardly ever used -- except for sarcasm)

gelmismisim --
it is said that* I had come

gelmemismisim --
it is said that I hadn't come

gelmismis miyim? --
had I supposedly come?

gelmemismis miyim? --
hadn't I supposedly come?

gelmismissin --
it is said that you had come

gelmemismissin --
it is said that you hadn't come

gelmismis misin? --
had you supposedly come?

gelmemismis misin? --
hadn't you supposedly come?

gelmismis --
it is said that he had come

gelmemismis --
it is said that he hadn't come

gelmismis mi?--
had he supposedly come?

gelmemismis mi?--
hadn't he supposedly come?

gelmismisiz --
it is said that we had come

gelmemismisiz --
it is said that we hadn't come

gelmismis miyiz? --
had we supposedly come?

gelmemismis miyiz? --
hadn't we supposedly come?

gelmismissiniz --
it is said that you had come

gelmemismissiniz --
it is said that you hadn't come

gelmismis misiniz? --
had you supposedly come?

gelmemismis misiniz? --
hadn't you supposedly come?

gelmislermis (gelmismisler) --
it is said that they had come

gelmemislermis (gelmemismisler) --
it is said that they hadn't come

gelmislermis mi? (gelmismisler mi?) --
had they supposedly come?

gelmemislermis mi? (gelmemismisler mi?) --
hadn't they supposedly come?

Related Example:

Q. Paul Revere dün aksam size geldi mi?
A. Bilmem, gûya gelmismis, biz evde yokmusuz. Oysaki biz bütün gece evdeydik.
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Q. Did Paul Revere come to visit you last night?
A. (spoken sarcastically) I don't know, but I hear that he had supposedly come and that we reportedly weren't at home. Yet, we were at home all night.