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About the Necessitative Mood in Turkish
Expressing Obligation
There are a number ways to express obligation in Turkish.
Necessitative Mood Tenses
- Simple Tense of Obligation
- I must go
- I ought to go
- I should go
- I have to go
- I have got to go
This Mood is formed by attatching the -li Suffix of Obligation to the short infinitive form of the verb. The suitable to be personal suffix is then added to denote the number of the person - I, you, he,we, you, they..
Examples of Formation of the Mood of Obligation
Example of an A-Dotted Verb bakmak - to see
The Short infinitive is formed by dropping the final -k from the Full Infinitive thus giving bakma for the Positive Verb stem while the Negative Verb Stem produces bakmama -(from bakamamak - not to see)
Then with the addition of the undotted form of the-lı Suffix of Obligation we arrive at the nessitative mood verb roots bakmalı- for the Positive and bakmamalı- for the Negative..
Similarly for the E-Dotted Group of Verbs (where because of Vowel Harmony Rules the Suffix of Obligation takes its dotted form -li-) - girmek - to enter - will become girmeli- for the Positive and girmemeli- for the Negative..
We complete the Verb form by now adding the personal endings of the Compliment (verb) - to be
| The Mood of Obligation - A-Undotted Verbs adds -malı- Suffix |
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| bakmalıyım | I ought to see | bakmamalıyım | I ought not to see |
| bakmalısın | You ought to see | bakmamalısın | You ought not to see |
| O bakmalı(dır) | He ought to see | O bakmamalı(dır) | He ought not to see |
| bakmalıyız | We ought to see | bakmamalıyız | We ought not to see |
| bakmalısınız | You ought to see | bakmamalısınız | You ought not to see |
| bakmalı(dır)lar | They ought to see | bakmamalı(dır)lar | They ought not to see |
| The Mood of Obligation - E-Ddotted Verbs add -meli- Suffix |
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| girmeliyim | I ought to enter | girmemeliyim | I ought not to enter |
| girmelisin | You ought to enter | girmemelisin | You ought not to enter |
| O girmeli(dir) | He ought to enter | O girmemeli(dir) | He ought not to enter |
| girmeliyiz | We ought to enter | girmemeliyiz | We ought not to enter |
| girmelisiniz | You ought to enter | girmemelisiniz | You ought not to enter |
| girmeli(dir)ler | They ought to enter | girmemeli(dir)ler | They ought not to enter |
Model Conjugations of The Mood of Obligation
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Statement Present Tense |
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| Ben gitmeliyim | I must go.. |
| Sen gitmelisin | You ought to go.. |
| O gitmeli(dir) | He, She, It should go.. |
| Biz gitmeliyiz | We have to go.. |
| Siz gitmelisiniz | You have got to go.. |
| Onlar gitmeli(dir)ler | They have to go |
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Interrogative Present Tense |
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| Ben gitmeli miyim? | Must I go..? |
| Sen gitmeli misin? | Ought you to go..? |
| O gitmeli mi? | Should he go..? |
| Biz gitmeli miyiz? | Have we to go..? |
| Siz gitmeli misiniz? | Have you got to go..? |
| Onlar gitmeliler mi? | Have they got to go..? |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Statement Present Tense |
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| Ben gitmemeliyim | I must not go..? |
| Sen gitmemelisin | You ought not to go.. |
| O gitmemeli | He should not go.. |
| Biz gitmemeliyiz | We have not to go.. |
| Siz gitmemelisiniz | You have not got to go.. |
| Onlar gitmemeliler | They have not got to go.. |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Interrogative Present Tense |
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| Ben gitmemeli miyim? | Must I not go..?
(Mustn't I go..?) |
| Sen gitmemeli misin? | Ought you not to go..?
(Oughtn't you to go..?) |
| O gitmemeli mi? | Should he not go..?
(Shouldn't he go..?) |
| Biz gitmemeli miyiz? | Have we not got to go..?
(Haven't we (got) to go..?) |
| Siz gitmemeli misiniz? | Have you not to go..?
(Haven't you to go..?) |
| Onlar gitmemeliler mi? | Have they not got to go..?
(Haven't they got to go..?) |
Necessitive Past Definite
Necessitive Past Definite - Relates to an actual situation - I should have gone.., He must have gone.., etc..
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Statement Past Tense Definite |
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| Ben gitmeliydim | I must have gone.. |
| Sen gitmeliydin | You ought to have gone.. |
| O gitmeliydi | He should have gone.. |
| Biz gitmeliydik | We had to go.. |
| Siz gitmeliydiniz | You had got to go.. |
| Onlar gitmeliydiler | They had to go.. |
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Interrogative Past Tense Definite |
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| Ben gitmeli miydim? | Must I have gone..? |
| Sen gitmeli miydin? | Ought you to have gone..? |
| O gitmeli miydi? | Should he have gone..? |
| Biz gitmeli miydik? | Had we to go ..? |
| Siz gitmeli miydiniz? | Had you got to go..? |
| Onlar gitmeliler miydi? | Had they got to go..? |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Statement Past Tense Definite |
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| Ben gitmemeliydim | I must not have gone.. |
| Sen gitmemeliydin | You ought not to have gone.. |
| O gitmemeliydi | He should not have gone.. |
| Biz gitmemeliydik | We had not to go.. |
| Siz gitmemeliydiniz | You had not got to go.. |
| Onlar gitmemeliydiler | They had not got to go.. |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Interrogative Past Tense Definite |
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| Ben gitmemeli miydim? | Must I not have gone..?
(Mustn't I have gone..?) |
| Sen gitmemeli miydin? | Ought you not to have gone..?
Oughtn't you to have gone..?) |
| O gitmemeli miydi? | Should he not have gone..?
(Shouldn't he have gone..?) |
| Biz gitmemeli miydik? | Had we not got to go..?
(Hadn't we got to go..?) |
| Siz gitmemeli miydiniz? | Had you not got to go..?
(Hadn't you got to go..?) |
| Onlar gitmemeliler miydi? | Had they not got to go..?
(Hadn't they got to go..?) |
Nessecitative Past Dubitative
Nessecitative Past of Presumption - relates to an assumption - I suppose that I should have gone.., I suppose that he should have gone.., etc..
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Statement of Presumtion |
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| Ben gitmeliymişim | (I suppose that) I must have gone..) |
| Sen gitmeliymişsin | (I believe that) you ought to have gone.. |
| O gitmeliymiş | (Presumably) he should have gone.. |
| Biz gitmeliymişiz | (In reality) we had got to go.. |
| Siz gitmeliymişsiniz | (It seems that) you had to go.. |
| Onlar gitmeliymişler | (Probably..) they had got to go.. |
| Mood of Obligation - Positive Form - Question of Presumtion |
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| Ben gitmeli miymişim? | Ought I to have gone..? (at all..?) |
| Sen gitmeli miymişsin? | Should I have gone..? (possibly..?) |
| O gitmeli miymiş? | (I wonder..?) Had you to have gone..? |
| Biz gitmeli miymişiz? | (I wonder..?) Did he have to go..? |
| Siz gitmeli miymişsiniz? | (It seems that..?) Did you have to go..? |
| Onlar gitmeli miymişler? | (Surely by now..?) Must they have gone..? |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Statement of Presumtion |
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| Ben gitmemeliymişim | (I suppose that) I must not have gone.. |
| Sen gitmemeliymişsin | (I believe that) you ought not to have gone.. |
| O gitmemeliymiş | (Presumably) he should not have gone.. |
| Biz gitmemeliymişiz | (In reality) we had not got to go.. |
| Siz gitmemeliymişsiniz | (It seems that) you had not to go.. |
| Onlar gitmemeliymişler | (Probably..) they did not have to go.. |
| Mood of Obligation - Negative Form - Interrogative of Presumption |
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| Ben gitmemeli miymişim? | Ought I not to have gone..? (at all..?) |
| Sen gitmemeli miymişsin? | (I think that..?) Should you not have gone..? |
| O gitmemeli miymiş? | (I wonder..?) Did he not have to go..? |
| Biz gitmemeli miymişiz? | (I wonder..?) Had we not got to go..? |
| Siz gitmemeli miymişsiniz? | (It seems that..? ) Did you not have to go..? |
| Onlar gitmemeli miymişler? | (Surely..?) must they not have gone..? |
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