Turkish Future Tense

Future Tense in Turkish

• The future tense is used to talk about actions that will take place in the future.
• It is formed by adding the -(y)AcAk suffix to the verb root, which has two vowel options: -(y)acak or -(y)ecek.

Forming the Future Tense

• Start with the verb root, then add the future tense suffix, and finally add the person marker.
• The verb + (y)ecek/acak + person marker structure is used to form the future tense.

Person Markers

• Ben (I): AcAğım
• Sen (you): AcAksın
• O (he/she/it): AcAk
• Biz (we): AcAğız
• Siz (you plural): AcAksınız
• Onlar (they): AcAk(lar)

Examples

• Ben sinemaya gideceğim (I will go to the cinema)
• Konuşacağım (I will speak)
• Gideceksin (You will go)
• Yemek yiyecek (He/She/It will eat)
• Okuyacağız (We will read)
• İzleyeceksiniz (You will watch)
• Oyun oynayacaklar (They will play)

Time Expressions

• Yarın (tomorrow)
• Gelecek (hafta/ay/sene/yaz/kış) (next week/month/year etc.)
• Haftaya (next week)
• Haftaya pazartesi/salı/çarşamba (next Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday etc.)
• Seneye (next year)
• -den sonra (after)
• Dersten sonra (after class)

Conjugating Verbs in Future Tense

• Conjugate verbs in future tense by adding the -(y)AcAk suffix to the verb root and adding the person marker.

Informal Usage

• In everyday conversation, the "-ecek" and "-acak" suffixes are commonly shortened.
• For example, instead of saying "gideceğim", people informally say "gidicem".
• Examples of shortened verbs include:
  • Gideceğim → Gidicem
  • Geleceğim → Gelicem
  • Okuyacağım → Okuycam
  • Kalacağım → Kalıcam

Writing Complete Verb Conjugations

• Ders çalışacağım → Ders çalışıcam
• Yemek yapacağım → Yemek yapıcam
• Duş alacağım → Duş alıcam

Verb Conjugation in Turkish

• Future tense is formed by attaching suffixes to the verb stem
• Verb stem is the root of the verb without any suffixes or endings

Future Tense Suffixes

• -acak/-ecek suffixes:
  • Form the future tense of verbs
  • Attached to the verb stem
  • Indicate future action
• Examples of -acak/-ecek suffixes:
  • Gel- (to come) -> Gel-ecek (will come)
  • Yap- (to do) -> Yap-acak (will do)

Future Perfect Tense Suffixes

• -miş/-miş suffixes:
  • Form the future perfect tense of verbs
  • Indicate that the action will be completed at a specific point in the future
• Examples of -miş/-miş suffixes:
  • Gel- (to come) -> Gel-miş (will have come)
  • Yap- (to do) -> Yap-mış (will have done)

Negative Future Tense

• Formed using the suffix -mayacak/-meyecek instead of -acak/-ecek
• Indicates that the action will not happen in the future
• Examples of negative future tense:
  • Gel- (to come) -> Gel-me-ycek (will not come)
  • Yap- (to do) -> Yap-ma-yacak (will not do)