INTERCHANGEABILITY OF TENSES IN COLLOQUIAL TURKISH

Authors : Özcan Başkan

Pages : 4-8

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Publication Date : 2014-08-17

Article Type : Research

Abstract :It is a known fact that the traditional grammars of English, based on Gre~ and Latin models, invariably assign to various tenses, specific functions of time. Yet the actual usage shows that the lines of demarcation are not so rigid as one wishes them to be. For instance, in the following ex~1 mples each tense denotes a time function different from that which is normally attached to it. Simple past It is high time you said it Si'mple present It is called, I forRet the name, ... Present continuous I am goinR to London t·Jmorr :>w Future Thou shalt not steal denoting will say >J forgot )) will go )) should not steal The aim of the pre' ent p:1pe : is to furnish similar examples from colloquial Turkish.  
Keywords : INTERCHANGEABILITY, TENSES, COLLOQUIAL