| If you are happy and you know it |
| Clap your hand… |
| If you are happy and you know it |
| Clap your hand… |
| I don't know the rest. |
| Okay, we don't have this song in Turkish like this but we'll talk about the “if clause”. |
| Hey guys! |
| Herkese merhaba, ben Seda! Nasılsınız? |
| Welcome to TurkishClass101.com! |
| Today as I said it will talk about “IF” |
| If, if, if… |
| This video will be focused on grammar so get ready |
| and buckle up before we start! |
| Sometimes people find grammar boring but I find it amazing actually. |
| I imagine it like looking through a looking glass to other nations' minds. |
| How they use the language, how they express themselves, say a lot about that culture. |
| So this perspective makes the grammar enjoyable for me. |
| Hope it does the same thing for you. |
| After this video,you will know what “if” is in Turkish. |
| How do we use it? |
| What is the short and long version when building if clauses? |
| So let's get started with the basics. |
| The word “if” in Turkish is “eğer”. |
| Eğer |
| As you know it, sentences with “if” has two parts: |
| one is if clause, |
| The other is the “main clause”. |
| For example |
| If I go, you will see. |
| If I go is the if clause |
| you will see is the mail clause |
| So the structure is the same in Turkish. |
| And also, in Turkish, if clause needs to have a special suffix |
| “Ise”… |
| The structure of the if clause is like this: |
| Eğer — verb—— ise(+pronoun suffix), |
| then comes |
| ——main sentence——- |
| I will put the structure somewhere here or here I don’t know: |
| Now this: “eğer” doesn’t have to be there |
| because there is the suffix -ise. |
| İse is enough for us to understand this is a “if clause” |
| If you want to emphasize the meaning, you can use it. |
| Other than that, you don’t have to use it. It is totally up to you. |
| Let me give you an example so you understand better: |
| Eğer arabayı getirir ise, sana gelirim. |
| If he brings the car, I will come to you. |
| Eğer arabayı getirir ise, sana gelirim. |
| Or you can just say: |
| Arabayı getirir ise, sana gelirim. |
| The meaning is the same. The difference is the emphasis. |
| This is the basic structure but we don’t use it like this. |
| We drop the -i from ise and make it -se and attach it to the verb. |
| Eğer arabayı getirirse, sana gelirim. |
| If he brings the car, I will come to you. |
| Here, I need to pause and remind you of the vowel harmony rule. |
| You need to learn it to master the suffixes in Turkish. |
| Shortly if I have to explain, because of the vowel harmony rule, |
| we can either add -se or -sa… |
| The structure of the verb in if clause is this: |
| verb stem + tense suffix + se/sa + pronoun suffix |
| The pronoun suffixes are |
| -m for I |
| -n for you |
| nothing for he/she/it |
| -k for we |
| -nız/niz/nuz/nüz for you |
| -lar/ler for they |
| Let’s see some examples: |
| 1. |
| Benimle yemek yerse, geç kalırım. |
| If she eats with me, I will be late. |
| Benimle yemek yerse, geç kalırım. |
| Benimle yemek yerse, geç kalırım. |
| 2. |
| İstersem, ararım. |
| If I want, I will call. |
| İstersem, ararım. |
| İstersem, ararım. |
| 3. |
| Ne dediğini duyarsak, not alırız. |
| If we hear what he said, we will take a note. |
| Ne dediğini duyarsak, not alırız. |
| Ne dediğini duyarsak, not alırız. |
| These were some examples. |
| Now let’s see how we add pronoun suffix to -se/sa |
| Let’s take “gitmek” (to go) for example. |
| Let’s conjugate it in Simple Present Tense. |
| Geniş zaman |
| Normally I would say: |
| Giderim |
| Gidersin |
| Gider |
| Gideriz |
| Gidersiniz |
| Giderler |
| When we make it to if clause, we say |
| Gidersem If I go |
| Gidersen If you go |
| Giderse If she/he goes |
| Gidersek If we go |
| Giderseniz If you go |
| Giderlerse If they go |
| You add the suffix -se here. |
| As you can see, in the last one se is added at the end. |
| We sometimes do have these kind of “out of rule” adding |
| with “they”. |
| So this is how we add the pronouns. As I told you |
| before, the structure of the verb in if clause is like this: |
| verb stem + tense suffix + se/sa + pronoun suffix |
| We talk about the se/sa and pronoun suffixes. I also |
| want to give you examples for different tenses |
| in the first singular pronoun. |
| Let’s see |
| For Present Continuous Tense |
| Şimdiki Zaman |
| geliyorsam |
| If I am coming |
| geliyorsam |
| For Simple Past |
| Geçmiş Zaman |
| geldiysem |
| If I came |
| geldiysem |
| For Reported Past |
| Mişli Geçmiş Zaman |
| gelmişsem |
| If I supposedly came |
| gelmişsem |
| For Future Tense |
| Gelecek Zaman |
| geleceksem |
| If I will come |
| Geleceksem |
| That’s it guys, these were the basic rules of the if clauses. |
| By using these, you can create endless sentences. |
| Now, get started and write some sentences using “if” |
| in the comment section… OK? |
| Make anything you want. |
| Hope you enjoyed this lesson. |
| If you have questions please leave them below and help each other in the comment section. |
| I will see you next time! |
| Görüşmek üzere!!! |
| Güle güle. |
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