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The aorist interrogative is perfect for asking if something *generally* happens, making it ideal for questions about science, habits, and universal truths.

### The Third Person ("He / She / It / They")

To form a yes/no question in the third person, follow the positive aorist verb with the question particle **mı**, **mi**, **mu**, or **mü**. The particle is written as a separate word and follows 4-way vowel harmony with the verb's ending.

- **a, ı** → **mı** (e.g., *yapar mı?* – does he/she/it do?)
- **e, i** → **mi** (e.g., *bilir mi?* – does he/she/it know?)
- **o, u** → **mu** (e.g., *olur mu?* – does he/she/it become?)
- **ö, ü** → **mü** (e.g., *görür mü?* – does he/she/it see?)

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When talking about chemical reactions or properties of matter, this form is used to ask about general scientific facts.

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### The Second Person ("You")

To ask someone about their own habits or actions ("do you...?"), add the second-person singular ending (**-sın**, **-sin**, **-sun**, **-sün**) directly to the question particle. The entire particle cluster is still written separately from the verb.

- **a, ı** → **mısın** (e.g., *yapar mısın?* – do you do?)
- **e, i** → **misin** (e.g., *bilir misin?* – do you know?)

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The aorist interrogative (-ar mı?)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
science	bilim
Do scientists know everything?	Bilim insanları her şeyi bilir mi?
Does science solve every problem?	Bilim her problemi çözer mi?
chemistry	kimya
laboratory	laboratuvar
Does the chemistry teacher work in the laboratory?	Kimya öğretmeni laboratuvarda çalışır mı?
experiment	deney
Do the students do experiments inside the laboratory?	Öğrenciler laboratuvarın içinde deney yapar mı?
Does a doctor do experiments every day?	Bir doktor her gün deney yapar mı?
substance	madde
Does this substance melt inside hot water?	Bu madde sıcak suyun içinde erir mi?
acid	asit
Does acid stay inside the glass?	Asit bardağın içinde kalır mı?
mixture	karışım
Do milk and acid become a good mixture?	Süt ve asit iyi bir karışım olur mu?
to mix	karıştırmak
Does the chemistry student mix three substances?	Kimya öğrencisi üç tane maddeyi karıştırır mı?
Do you mix water with acid?	Suyu asitle karıştırır mısın?
gas	gaz
to explode	patlamak
Does this gas explode with hot air?	Bu gaz sıcak havayla patlar mı?
Does a bad mixture explode suddenly?	Kötü bir karışım aniden patlar mı?
Does gas exit the room quickly?	Gaz odadan çabuk çıkar mı?
I wonder	acaba
I wonder if it will rain?	Acaba yağmur yağar mı?
I wonder who came?	Acaba kim geldi?
physics	fizik
Do you like the physics lesson?	Fizik dersini sever misin?
Is physics harder than chemistry?	Fizik kimyadan zor mudur?
test	test
Will you solve this test?	Bu testi çözer misin?
Do the tests get hard every year?	Testler her yıl zor olur mu?

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