-ған
Appearance
Kazakh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *-gan.
Suffix
[edit]-ған • (-ğan)
- Used to form past participles from verbs.
- Used to form past perfect tense.
- Ол былтыр көшкен.
- Ol byltyr köşken.
- He moved last year.
Usage notes
[edit]- Colloquially, the suffix and the first person ending can get contracted:
- Барғанмын → Барғам
- Көргенмін → Көргем
- The most common to negate the verb in the past perfect tense is to add жоқ (joq) after it.
- Барғанмын → Барған жоқпын