Abilitative Mood
Present Continuous
Türkce -- Simdiki Sürekli zaman | Present Continuous -- Negative (Used only for 'the present moment' -- for 'right now') | Present Continuous, Simple -- Interrogative (Used only for 'the present moment' -- for 'right now') | Present Continuous -- Negative Interrogative (Used only for 'the present moment' -- for 'right now') |
gelebiliyorum --
I can/may come [right now], I'm able to come, I may be able to come | gelemiyorum -- I can't come [right now], I'm not able to come, I wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyor muyum? -- can I come [right now]? am I able to come? | gelemiyor muyum? -- can't I come [right now]? am I not able to come? wouldn't I be able to come? |
gelebiliyorsun -- you can/may come, you're able to come, you may be able to come | gelemiyorsun -- you can't come, you're not able to come, you wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyor musun? -- can you come? are you able to come? | gelemiyor musun? -- can't you come? aren't you able to come? wouldn't you be able to come? |
gelebiliyor - he can/may come; he is able to come, he may be able to come | gelemiyor -- he can't come; he's not able to come, he wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyor mu? -- can he come? is he able to come? | gelemiyor mu?-- can't he come? isn't he able to come? wouldn't he be able to come? |
gelebiliyoruz -- we can/may come, we're able to come, we may be able to come | gelemiyoruz -- we can't come, we're not able to come, we wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyor muyuz? -- can we come? are we able to come? | gelemiyor muyuz? -- can't we come? aren't we able to come? wouldn't we be able to come? |
gelebiliyorsunuz -- you can/may come, you're able to come, you may be able to come | gelemiyorsunuz -- you can't come, you're not able to come, you wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyor musunuz? -- can you come? are you able to come? | gelemiyor musunuz? -- can't you come? aren't you able to come? wouldn't you be able to come? |
gelebiliyorlar - they can/may come, they're able to come, they may be able to come | gelemiyorlar -- they can't come, they're not able to come, they wouldn't be able to come | gelebiliyorlar mI?-- can they come? are they able to come? | gelemiyorlar mI?-- can't they come, aren't they able to come? wouldn't they be able to come? |
Related Examples:
Her gün dört saat yazabiliyorum.
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Her gün saat sekizde gelemiyor. He can't come at eight o'clock every day.
----- Buradan telefon edemiyoruz. We aren't able to call from here. ----- Iyi bir sey bulamIyorum I can't (seem to) find anything good. ----- Hiç guzel oynayamIyorlar They can't (manage to) play well at all. | Buradan telefon edebiliyor muyum?
Am I able to phone from here? ----- O iyi oynayabiliyor mu? Is he able (showing ability) to play well? ----- Size her gün gelebiliyorlar mI? Are they able to visit you daily? | Dersini iyi çalIsamIyor mu?
Can't he study his homework well? ----- Iyi tarif edemiyor muyuz? Aren't we managing (able) to explain well? ----- KitaplarInIzI burada bIrakamIyor musunuz? Aren't you permitted (able) to leave your books here? ----- Iyi türkce konusamiyor muyum? Am I not able to speak Turkish well? ----- YarIn buraya gelemiyorlar mI? Aren't they able to come here tomorrow? |
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