The Past Continuous Interrogative
To ask if someone "was doing" something, combine the continuous suffix (-ıyor, -iyor, -uyor, or -üyor), a space, the question particle (mu), the past tense ending (ydu), and the personal ending.
Since the continuous suffix always ends in -or, the question ending is consistently muydu (except for onlar, which takes -lar mıydı).
| Pronoun | Example (izlemek) | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Ben | izliyor muydum? | Was I watching? |
| Sen | izliyor muydun? | Were you watching? |
| O | izliyor muydu? | Was he/she/it watching? |
| Biz | izliyor muyduk? | Were we watching? |
| Siz | izliyor muydunuz? | Were you (pl) watching? |
| Onlar | izliyorlar mıydı? | Were they watching? |
| Was your older sister watching a new TV series yesterday evening? | Dün akşam ablan yeni bir dizi izliyor muydu? |
| Was your mother washing dishes in the kitchen last night? | Dün gece annen mutfakta bulaşık yıkıyor muydu? |
| Was your father sitting on the couch in the living room? | Baban salonda kanepede oturuyor muydu? |
Asking About Multiple Actions
When asking if someone was doing two things at the same time, connect the actions using ve (and) or hem ... hem ... (both ... and ...).
You only need to add the question ending (muydu?) to the final verb. The first verb just takes the standard continuous suffix (like -ıyor or -iyor) without any question or past tense markers.
| Was she both washing dishes and singing a song? | Hem bulaşık yıkıyor hem şarkı söylüyor muydu? |
| Was your sibling playing chess and constantly yawning? | Kardeşin satranç oynuyor ve sürekli esniyor muydu? |
More Daily Activities
Use this structure to ask about ongoing past habits and specific moments from yesterday.
| Was your father snoring on the couch? | Baban kanepede horluyor muydu? |
| Was your friend eating corn in the evening? | Arkadaşın akşam mısır yiyor muydu? |
| Was she heating milk for the baby yesterday evening? | Dün akşam bebek için süt ısıtıyor muydu? |
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