Future tense is used to express future in Turkish. Turkish future tense is the equivalent of be going to and will.
Affirmative - Olumlu
The suffixes -ecek or -acak (according to the vowel harmony) and the personal ending are added to the verb stem. The "k" in the suffixes become a "ğ" before the 1st personal endings:
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Negative - Olumsuz
Negative verb stem (verb-me/ma-), auxiliary consonant y (it is used to establish a connection between two vowels), the suffixes -ecek or -acak (according to the vowel harmony) and the personal ending are added to the verb stem. The "k" in the suffixes become a "ğ" before the 1st personal endings:
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Interrogative - Soru
This is a bit complicated. Look at the examples, notice that personal endings for 3rd person plural come before the interrogative particle "mı/mi", while other personal endings come after "mı/mi". Also "mi" changes according to the vowel harmony although it is written as a separate word. If 1st personal ending come after mı/mi, -y- consonant should be added to make a connection between two vowels.
Affirmative
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Negative
verb inflection • future tense gel | |||
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gelmemek | |||
ben gelmeyecek miyim | won't I come | biz gelmeyecek miyiz | won't we come |
sen gelmeyecek misin | won't you come | siz gelmeyecek misiniz | won't you come |
o gelmeyecek mi | won't he/she/it come | onlar gelmeyecekler mi | won't they come |
verb inflection • future tense koş | |||
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koşmamak | |||
ben koşmayacak mıyım | won't I run | biz koşmayacak mıyız | won't we run |
sen koşmayacak mısın | won't you run | siz koşmayacak mısınız | won't you run |
o koşmayacak mı | won't he/she/it run | onlar koşmayacaklar mı | won't they run |