Abilitative Mood
Dubitative Past Tense (Indefinite hearsay)
Türkce -- Yeterlik eylemi,
| Dubitative Past -- Negative | Dubitative Past -- Interrogative | Dubitative Past -- Negative Interrogative |
gelebilmisim --
it is said* that I was able to come | gelememisim -- it is said that I wasn't able to come | gelebilmis miyim?-- does it seem that I was able come? | gelememis miyim? -- does it seem that I wasn't able to come? |
gelebilmissin -- it is said that you were able to come | gelememissin -- it is said that you weren't able to come | gelebilmis misin?-- does it seem that you were able to come? | gelememis misin? -- does it seem that you weren't able to come? |
gelebilmis -- it is said that he was able to come | gelememis -- it is said that he wasn't able to come | gelebilmis mi? -- does it seem that he was able to come? | gelememis mi?-- does it seem that he wasn't able to come? |
gelebilmisiz -- it is said that we were able to come | gelememisiz -- it is said that we weren't able to come | gelebilmis miyiz? -- does it seem that we were able to come? | gelememis miyiz? -- does it seem that we weren't able to come? |
gelebilmissiniz -- it is said that you were able to come | gelememissiniz -- it is said that you weren't able to come | gelebilmis misiniz? -- does it seem that you were able to come? | gelememis misiniz? -- does it seem that you weren't able to come? |
gelebilmisler -- it is said that they were able to come | gelememisler -- it is said that they weren't able to come | gelebilmisler mi? -- does it seem that they were able to come? | gelememisler mi? -- does it seem that they weren't able to come? |
Related Examples:
Televizyon çok a | KapI çok kalIn kIramamIsIm.
The door was thick, supposedly I couldn't break (it) down. | Ziyafetine gidebilmis miyiz?
Does it look like we were able to go to his dinner party? | Kendisini söylememis mi?
Does it seem like he wasn't able (was unable) to tell (me) himself? |
* the phrase It is said that...
may also be treated as I hear that..., I understand that...,
I'm told that..., They say that..., I gather that...,
It seems that..., It looks like..., Reportedly..., Apparently...,
Supposedly..., Allegedly at different places in translated
sentences to make the translations smoother.
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