Optative Mood

Simple Tense*

Dilek-sart kipi

Simple -- Negative*

Simple --
Interrogative*

Simple -- Negative
Interrogative*

gelsem --
if I come, if I would
come, if I came

gelmesem --
if I don't come, if I
wouldn't come, if I
didn't come

gelsem mi?--
what if I come? what if
I would come? what if I
came?

gelmesem mi? --
what if I don't come?
what if I wouldn't come?
what if I didn't come?

gelsen --
if you come, if you
would come, if you
came

gelmesen --
if you don't come, if
you wouldn't come, if
you didn't come

gelsen mi? --
what if you come? what
if you would come?
what if you came?

gelmesen mi? --
what if you don't come?
what if you wouldn't
come? what if you didn't
come?

gelse --
if he/she/it comes, if he
would come, if he
came

gelmese --
if he/she/it doesn't
come, if he wouldn't
come, if he didn't come

gelse mi? --
what if he/she/it comes?
what if he would come?
what if he came?

gelmese mi? --
what if he/she/it doesn't
come? what if he
wouldn't come? what if
he didn't come?

gelsek --
if we come, if we
would come, if we
came

gelmesek --
if we don't come, if we
wouldn't come, if we
didn't come

gelsek mi? --
what if we come? what
if we would come? what
if we came?

gelmesek mi?--
what if we don't come?
what if we wouldn't
come? what if we didn't
come?

gelseniz --
if you come, if you
would come, if you
came

gelmeseniz --
if you don't come, if
you wouldn't come, if
you didn't come

gelseniz mi? --
what if you come? what
if you would come?
what if you came?

gelmeseniz mi?--
what if you don't come?
what if you wouldn't
come? what if you didn't
come?

gelseler --
if they come, if they
would come, if they
came

gelmeseler --
if they don't come, if
they wouldn't come, if
they didn't come

gelseler mi? --
what if they come? what
if they would come?
what if they came?

gelmeseler mi?--
what if they don't come?
what if they wouldn't
come? what if they didn't
come?

Related Examples

:

Yaz

gelse

! K

I

s bu sene

çok uzun sürdü.

If

summer

would

only

come

! Winter has

lasted a very long time
this year.
-----
Param

olsa

, güzel bir

ceket al

I

r

I

m.

I would buy a nice
jacket

if I had (if it be)

the money.
-----
Yagmur

dinse

o

Yemege

gelmese

, ne iyi

olacak.

If he doesn't come

to

dinner, how nice it will
be.
-----

Kar yagmasa

, kartopu

oynayamay

I

z.

If it doesn't snow

, we

won't play with
snowballs.
-----
Bu aksam sinemaya

gitmesen

, iyi olur.

It would be better

if you

didn't go

to the movies

Ona

sorsak m

I

?

What if we were to ask

him?
-----
Taksiyle

gitseniz

kaç

dakika sürer?
How many minutes
would it take

if you

went

by taxicab?

-----
Simdi

ugrasam m

I

,

acaba?
I wonder,

what if I drop

in

now?

-----
Perihana

sorsam

, tarif

Acaba

sormasan

I

z m

I

,

daha iyi olur?
I wonder if it'd be better

if

(what if)

you didn't

ask?
-----

Bugün daireye

ugramasam m

I

?

What if I didn't stop by

the office today?
-----
Bunu

okumasak m

I

,

acaba?
I wonder,

what if we

didn't read

this?

gelecek.
She will come

if it

stops

raining.

-----
Hemen

gitsen

, görür

mü?
Would he see you

if

you went

right away?

-----
Bugün eve

gitse de

görse.

Would that he would
come

home today

and

see

!

-----
Beni

görse

, sasar.

If he were to see

me,

he'd be amazed.

this evening.
-----
Simdi

anlatmasam

,

daha iyi olur.
It's better

that I not (if I

don't) explain

now.

-----
Çocuklar erken

kalkmasalar da,
uyusalar.

Let's hope the kids

don't

get up

early

, but get

(some)

sleep

.

eder mi?

Were I to ask

Perihan,

would she explain?

* there is similarity in meaning between the Optative Mood (shown here), the

Present

Continuous Conditional

, and the

Present Simple Conditional

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