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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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