Abstract
The Structure (-i verir) in Anatolian and Balkan Turkish Dialects
The suffix for present tense is an important criteriea in dialect studies in terms of classification, and concerning works are usually on morphological forms derived from the ?yoru form of present tense. This essay warns for wrong consequences, which are being got from wrong evaluations of the auxiliary verb ver-, and thus, claims that the -i ver(i) form in Anatolian and Balkan dialects is indeed not a present tense usage.
Firstly M. Adamovic dealt with this suffix in his work ?Konjugations-geschichte der türkischen Sprache?, by using data of Meninski and Gadjanov, but in terms of present tense. Later Emin Kalay in his work ?Edirne İli Ağızları? called it as a present tense suffix, and other researchers agreed with him.<
Keywords
auxiliary verb ver-, compound verb, Anatolian and Balkan Turkish dialects.