To express a request, order or proposal to perform any action in the Crimean Tatar language, it is necessary to use verbs in the imperative mood.
The peculiarity of the imperative mood in the Crimean Tatar language is that for the imperative mood we may use all persons, while, for example, in Russian or English, we may use only in the second person.
Declination formula:
Verb stem + Separating affix -a, -e, -ı or -i + Personal affix
Declination of the verb yapmaq in the imperative mood
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Single |
Plural |
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1st person |
yapayım – let me do |
yapayıq – let us do |
|
2nd person |
yap – do |
yapıñız – do |
|
3rd person |
yapsın – let him do |
yapsınlar – let them do |
Declination of the verb bermek in the imperative mood
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Single |
Plural |
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|
1st person |
bereyim – let me give |
bereyik – let us give |
|
2nd person |
ber – give |
beriñiz – give |
|
3rd person |
bersin – let him give |
bersinler – let them give |
In order to empower the necessity of an action we may use affixes -çı, -çi.
Example:
aytçı — say (immediately)
keteyikçi — go out from here (immedeately)
Affixes -ma and -me are used for the negative imperative mood.
Declination formula:
Verb stem + Negative affix + Personal affix
Declination of the verb qalmaq in negative imperative mood
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Single |
Plural |
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1st person |
qalmayım – let me not stay |
qalmayıq – let us not stay |
|
2nd person |
qalma – do not stay |
qalmañız – do not stay |
|
3rd person |
qalmasın – let him not stay |
qalmasınlar – let them not stay |
Declination of the verb kelmek in negative imperative mood
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Single |
Plural |
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1st person |
kelmeyim – let me not come |
kelmeyik – let us not come |
|
2nd person |
kelme – do not come |
kelmeñiz – do not come |
|
3rd person |
kelmesin – let him not come | kelmesinler – let them not come |