{"id":267,"date":"2024-09-19T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:39:14","slug":"the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Present Continuous in Turkish (\u015eimdiki Zaman)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Turkish, <strong>\u015fimdiki zaman<\/strong> (the present continuous tense) is used to describe actions that are happening right now or are ongoing at the moment of speaking. It&#8217;s similar to the present continuous tense in English (e.g., &#8220;I am listening,&#8221; &#8220;She is walking&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this article, you will learn how to use and conjugate the present continuous tense in Turkish, how to form the negative form and how to ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Turkish, people mostly use the present continuous tense. The simple present form is very rarely used, especially when you speak in Turkish. Here is when you use the present continuous:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<strong>Actions Happening at the Moment of Speaking<\/strong>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Ben \u015fimdi i\u015fe gidiyorum<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">I am going to work now<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<strong>Near Future Plans<\/strong>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Bu ak\u015fam tiyatroya gidiyorum<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">I am going to a theatre tonight<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<strong>Repetitive Actions (With Adverbs Indicating Repetition)<\/strong>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Her g\u00fcn kitap okuyorum<\/em> (I<span class=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"tooltip-content\"> read a book every day<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Karde\u015fim du\u015fta \u015fark\u0131 s\u00f6yl\u00fcyor.<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">My sibling sings in the shower<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman\/#How_to_form_the_present_continuous_tense_in_Turkish\" >How to form the present continuous tense in Turkish?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman\/#How_to_form_negative_sentences_in_the_present_continuous_tense\" >How to form negative sentences in the present continuous tense?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman\/#How_to_form_questions_in_the_present_continuous_tense\" >How to form questions in the present continuous tense?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_form_the_present_continuous_tense_in_Turkish\"><\/span>How to form the present continuous tense in Turkish?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the verb is ending with a consonant:&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Verb Radical<\/th><th>Vowel Ending<\/th><th>Transformation<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>bak (bakmak)<\/td><td>a, \u0131<\/td><td>\u2192 \u0131yor<\/td><td>bak\u0131yor (is looking)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gel (gelmek)<\/td><td>e, i<\/td><td>\u2192 iyor<\/td><td>geliyor (is coming)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ko\u015f (ko\u015fmak)<\/td><td>o, u<\/td><td>\u2192 uyor<\/td><td>ko\u015fuyor (is running)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>g\u00f6r (g\u00f6rmek)<\/td><td>\u00f6, \u00fc<\/td><td>\u2192 \u00fcy\u00f6r<\/td><td>g\u00f6r\u00fcyor (is seeing)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the verb is ending with \u0131, i, u, \u00fc:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Verb Radical<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Transformation<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Example<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>oku (okumak)<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>okuyor (is reading)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>y\u00fcr\u00fc (y\u00fcr\u00fcmek)<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>y\u00fcr\u00fcyor (is walking)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the verb is ending with a or e:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a verb root ends in -a or -e, forming the \u015fimdiki zaman (present continuous tense) involves a slight modification before adding the tense suffix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a \u2192 \u0131, u<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>e \u2192 i, \u00f6&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Verb Radical<\/th><th>Vowel Change<\/th><th>Transformation<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>ba\u015fla<\/td><td>a \u2192 \u0131<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>ba\u015fl\u0131yor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bekle<\/td><td>e \u2192 i<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>bekliyor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00f6zle<\/td><td>e \u2192 \u00fc<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>\u00f6zl\u00fcyor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>oyna<\/td><td>a \u2192 u<\/td><td>+ yor<\/td><td>oynuyor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Ali kitap okuyor.<\/em> (Ali is reading a book.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Onlar parka gidiyor.<\/em> (They are going to the park.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Biz yemek yap\u0131yoruz.<\/em> (We are cooking.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ay\u015fe telefonla konu\u015fuyor.<\/em> (Ay\u015fe is talking on the phone.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ku\u015flar u\u00e7uyor.<\/em> (The birds are flying.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exceptions for the present continuous<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When forming the present continuous tense in Turkish, there are some <strong>exceptions<\/strong> for verbs whose roots end with <em><strong>-t<\/strong><\/em>. Normally, we would expect to add the suffix <em>-iyor<\/em> directly, but for some verbs, this involves a <strong>consonant softening<\/strong> to ease the pronunciation. Here are a few common exceptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Verb Radical<\/th><th>Consonant Change<\/th><th>Transformation<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>git (gitmek)<\/td><td>t \u2192 d<\/td><td>+ iyor<\/td><td>gi<strong>d<\/strong>iyor (is going)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>et (etmek)<\/td><td>t \u2192 d<\/td><td>+ iyor<\/td><td>e<strong>d<\/strong>iyor (is doing)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tat (tatmak)<\/td><td>t \u2192 d<\/td><td>+ iyor<\/td><td>ta<strong>d<\/strong>\u0131yor (is tasting)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_form_negative_sentences_in_the_present_continuous_tense\"><\/span>How to form negative sentences in the present continuous tense?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To from negative sentences, you need to add the negative suffix (m\u0131, mi, mu, m\u00fc) between the verb stem and the conjugation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verb stem + m\u0131 + yor:\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Bakm\u0131yor<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">He\/She\/It is not looking<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verb stem + mi + yor:\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Gelmiyor<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">He\/She\/It is not coming<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verb Stem + mu + yor:\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Ko\u015fmuyor<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">He\/She\/It is not running<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verb Stem + m\u00fc + yor:\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>G\u00fclm\u00fcyor<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">He\/She\/It is not laughing<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examples:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Sibel, otob\u00fcs bekliyor <\/em><span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Sibel is waiting for the bus<\/span><\/span>) => <em>Sibel, otob\u00fcs beklemiyor<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Sibel is not waiting for the bus<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ben erken uyuyorum<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"tooltip-content\">(I am sleeping early<\/span><\/span>) => <em>Ben erken uyumuyorum<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">I am not sleeping early<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Onlar tenis oynuyor ama onlar golf oynam\u0131yor.<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">They are playing tennis but hey are not playing golf.<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Elif, Fatih\u2019i seviyor ama Fatih, Elif\u2019i\u00a0sevmiyor.<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Elif loves Fatih but Fatih does not love Elif.<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_form_questions_in_the_present_continuous_tense\"><\/span>How to form questions in the present continuous tense?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To form questions in the present continuous tense in Turkish, you need to add the appropriate question particle (m\u0131, mi, mu, m\u00fc) after the verb, based on the last vowel of the verb stem (vowel harmony):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Affirmative<\/th><th>Negative<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>ben<\/td><td>okuyor muyum?<\/td><td>okumuyor muyum?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sen<\/td><td>okuyor musun?<\/td><td>okumuyor musun?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>o<\/td><td>okuyor mu?<\/td><td>okumuyor mu?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>biz<\/td><td>okuyor muyuz?<\/td><td>okumuyor muyuz?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>siz<\/td><td>okuyor musunuz?<\/td><td>okumuyor musunuz?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>onlar<\/td><td>okuyor(lar) m\u0131?<\/td><td>okumuyor(lar) m\u0131?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Examples:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Sen d\u00fczenli olarak spor yap\u0131yor musun?<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Do you exercise regularly?<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Bizimle pikni\u011fe gelmiyor musun?<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Aren&#8217;t you coming to the picnic with us?<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>O her g\u00fcn \u00e7ay i\u00e7iyor mu?<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Does he\/she drink tea every day?<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Onlar \u0130spanyolca bilmiyorlar m\u0131?<\/em> <span class=\"tooltip\">(<span class=\"tooltip-content\">Don&#8217;t they know Spanish?<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/the-present-continuous-in-turkish-simdiki-zaman\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to The Present Continuous in Turkish (\u015eimdiki Zaman)\"><p>In this article, you will learn how to use and conjugate the present continuous tense in Turkish, how to form the negative form and how to ask questions.<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-conjugation","tag-turkish-tense","h-entry","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 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