Compound Tenses - Speak on Turkish Tea Time

Compound Tenses

We can form new compound tenses in Turkish by combining the tenses we've already learned.

I was going to. . .

Combine -ecek and -di to form the future past tense.

Future Past Tense

Past Continuous

Combine -iyor and -di to make the past continuous.

Past Continuous Questions

Form questions in the past continuous.

Past Continuous Review

Practice past continuous by translating from English.

Past Perfect Tense -mişti

Use -mişti to make the past of the past tense.

Habitual Past

Combine the simple present and past tense to say "used to."

Habitual Past Tense

Habitual Past Questions

Combine simple present with past tense to ask about a more distant past.