Now we're going to talk about how to form negative
yes/no questions in the aorist tense
For our example verb we're going to use "bilmek" which means to know. We'll start with our verb stem "bil-"
and
For our first question, we'll ask in the first person singular so optional pronoun, "ben"
"bil-"
To the verb stem we'll add appropriate form of the aorist negative suffix according to the rules of two-way vowel harmony now in
our
negative yes/no questions we are always going to use
-mez or -maz
So in these yes/no questions, even in the first person
we're not going to use -me or -ma, so "Ben bil-" two-way vowel harmony "...mez"
Now we start a new word with our familiar question particle
Our question particle follows the rules of four-way vowel harmony, remember, but effectively because even though it's in a separate word, it'll be
harmonizing with our aorist negative suffix because that's the syllable immediately preceding it.
We're either going to be choosing mi- or mı. In the case of "bilmez" will choose "mi-"
So, "Ben bilmez mi..." and now we'll add the appropriate personal suffix directly to the question particle
We're asking "don't I know?" so "Ben bilmez miyim?"
"Ben bilmez miyim?": Don't I know?
"Sen bil-" ver stem "...mez"
new word, question particle, "misin?"
"Sen bilmez misin?": Don't you know?
"O bilmez" question particle "mi", and we don't have a third person singular suffix that we need to add, so
"O bilmez mi?": Doesn't he know or doesn't she know, doesn't it know?
Moving on to the plural
"biz": we
"bil-" and remember even though it's first-person we're going to be choosing -mez of -maz, in this case -mez, this big mess
"Biz bilmez miyiz?"
"Biz bilmez miyiz?": Don't we know?
"Siz bilmez misiniz?"
"Siz bilmez misiniz?": Don't you know, don't you guys know
finally "onlar": they
"bilmez"
or
Alternatively "bilmezler" optional
According to the rules of two-way vowel harmony
We can add that plural suffix with our "bilmez mi?" or "Onlar bilmezler mi?": Don't they know?
Now
the...
we're going to form the yes/no question in
The negative form of the aorist, just the same way if there are verb stem
ends in a vowel so just an example if you want to ask
"Doesn't he play?" you'd start with a verb stem of "oynamak": to play
"oyna-"
And simply add the appropriate aorist negative suffix wither -mez or -maz, in this case -maz
"oynamaz"
And then our question particle and a personal suffix is appropriate so to ask doesn't he play?: "Oynamaz mı?"