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==Turkic languages== ===Turkish=== {{multiple issues|{{citation style|section|date=August 2024}} {{copy edit|section|date=August 2024}}}} There is no one-to-one relationship between the subjunctive mode in other languages and the modes in Turkish. The subjunctive mode of other languages can be compared with the imperative mood ({{lang|tr|emir kipi}}),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/emir%20kipi |title=Translated from emir kipi in Tureng dictionary |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212619/https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/emir%20kipi |url-status=live }}</ref> the necessitative mood ({{lang|tr|gereklilik kipi}}),<ref>[https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/gereklilik%20kipi Translated from gereklilik kipi in Tureng dictionary]</ref><ref>[or Mood of Obligation Conjugation, Subjunctive with Imperative]</ref> the optative mood ({{lang|tr|istek kipi}}),<ref>[https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/istek%20kipiTranslated from istek kipi in Tureng dictionary]</ref><ref>or hortatory</ref> desiderative mood ({{lang|tr|dilek kipi}}),<ref>[https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/dilek%20kipi Translated from dilek kipi in Tureng dictionary]</ref><ref>or subjunctive mode</ref> conditional mood ({{lang|tr|şart kipi}})<ref>[https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/%C5%9Fart%20kipi Translated from Şart kipi in Tureng dictionary]</ref> in Turkish. Of the above 5 moods, 3 moods ({{lang|tr|istek kipi, şart kipi, dilek kipi}}) are additionally translated as "subjunctive mode". Examples of the optative mood ({{lang|tr|istek kipi}}) are {{lang|tr|gideyim}} {{gloss|Let me go}}, {{lang|tr|gitsin}} {{gloss|Let him go}}, {{lang|tr|gidelim}} {{gloss|Let us go}}, and {{lang|tr|gitsinler}} {{gloss|Let them go}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dilbilimleri.net/turkce-dil-bilgisi-ingilizce-gramer-istek-kipi-the-optative-mood/ |title=Example of the optative mood (istek kipi) |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212641/http://dilbilimleri.net/turkce-dil-bilgisi-ingilizce-gramer-istek-kipi-the-optative-mood/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Suggested actions and desires are expressed with the optative verb. The suffixes {{lang|tr|-(y)eyim}}, {{lang|tr|-(y)elim}}, and other forms are used to form an optative verb. The Turkish optative means 'let someone do something' in English. Forming the optative:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.colanguage.com/subjunctive-verbs-turkish |title=Subjunctive verbs in Turkish (This source naming optative mood how as Subjunctive) |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212622/https://www.colanguage.com/subjunctive-verbs-turkish |url-status=live }}</ref> # The suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)eyim/-(y)ayım}}. The suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)eyim}} or {{lang|tr|-(y)ayım}} is used for the singular form of the first person according to the last vowel of the verb and it means 'let me do'. Use the suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)ayım}} if the last vowel of the word is {{grapheme|a, ı, o, u}}. Use the suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)eyim}} if the last vowel of the word is {{grapheme|e, i, ö, ü}}. If the verb root ends in a vowel the letter {{grapheme|y}} is added after the verb root: {{lang|tr|ağlamak}} {{gloss|to cry}} {{arrow}} {{lang|tr|ağla'''yayım'''}} {{gloss|let me cry}}; {{lang|tr|uyumak}} {{gloss|to sleep}} {{arrow}} {{lang|tr|uyu'''yayım'''}} {{gloss|let me sleep}}. # The suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)elim/-(y)alım}}. The suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)elim}} or {{lang|tr|-(y)alım}} is used for the plural form of the first person according to the last vowel of the verb and it means 'let us do'. Use the suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)alım}} if the last vowel of the word is {{grapheme|a, ı, o, u}}. Use the suffix {{lang|tr|-(y)elim}} if the last vowel of the word is {{grapheme|e, i, ö, ü}}. {{lang|tr|Bugün araba sür'''elim'''.}} {{gloss|Let's drive a car today.}} {{lang|tr|Bu akşam için kek yap'''alım'''.}} {{gloss|Let's make a cake for tonight.}} An example of a conditional mode ({{lang|tr|şart kipi}}) is {{lang|tr|Çalışırsa kazanır}} {{gloss|If he works, he wins. (simple present), he will win (simple future)}}, {{lang|tr|çalıştıysa kazanır}} {{gloss|If he has worked, he might win. (simple present)}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dilbilimleri.net/tag/sart-kipi-nedir/ |title=An examples of an conditional mode (şart kipi) |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212803/http://dilbilimleri.net/tag/sart-kipi-nedir/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An examples of a necessitative mood ({{lang|tr|gereklilik kipi}}) is: {{lang|tr|Benim gelmem gerek}} {{gloss|I must/have to come}}, {{lang|tr|Dün toplantıya katılman gerekirdi}} {{gloss|You should have attended the meeting yesterday (but you didn't).}}<ref>[https://www.turkishexplained.com/OkumaSayfasi/gerek.htm An examples of an necessitative mood (gereklilik kipi)]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://turkishteatime.com/turkish-grammar-guide/subjunctive/ |title=Subjunctive with Imperative |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829213124/https://turkishteatime.com/turkish-grammar-guide/subjunctive/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An example of an imperative mode ({{lang|tr|emir kipi}}) is {{lang|tr|siz gelin}} {{gloss|Let you come}}, {{lang|tr|onlar gelsinler}} {{gloss|Let them come}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_9484 |title=An examples of an imperative mode (emir kipi) |access-date=2020-05-18 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829213243/https://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_9484?titleId=9484 |url-status=live }}</ref> An examples of a desiderative mood ({{lang|tr|dilek kipi}}) is {{lang|tr|Ah! şimdi burada olsa'''ydı'''}} {{gloss|Oh! If/ if only he were here now}}; {{lang|tr|Keşke burada ola'''ydı'''}} {{gloss|I wish he were here.}};<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dilbilimleri.net/turkce-dil-bilgisi-ingilizce-gramer-dilek-kipi-subjunctive-mood-nedir/ |title=An examples of desiderative mood (dilek kipi) |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=2020-05-20 |archive-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829213126/http://dilbilimleri.net/turkce-dil-bilgisi-ingilizce-gramer-dilek-kipi-subjunctive-mood-nedir/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{lang|tr|Keşke arabam olsa da otobüse binmesem}} {{gloss|I wish I had a car, so I don't (need to) get on the bus.}}; {{lang|tr|Keşke arabam ol'''saydı''' da otobüse binmeseydim}} {{gloss|I wish I had a car, so I didn't (need to) get on the bus.}}; {{lang|tr|Keşke arabam olsa o zaman otobüse binmem}} {{gloss|If I had a car, I wouldn't get on the bus.}}; {{gloss|Keşke arabam olsaydı o zaman otobüse binmezdim}} {{gloss|I wish I had a car then I wouldn't get on the bus.}}
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