-ecek

-ecek

1. Future tense suffix. Equivalent to will.

   ver(-mek) - verecek

   (to) give - he/she/it will give

2. Forms nouns or adjectives from verbs.

   gel(-mek) - gelecek

   to come - the future

   as in "gelecek günler" - "days that will come" used as an adjective.

• Personal suffixes are added after "-ecek".

  ver + -ecek + -im = vereceğim (I will give)

  ver + -ecek + -sin = vereceksin (you will give)

  ver + -ecek = verecek (he/she/it will give)

  ver + -ecek + -iz = vereceğiz (we will give)

  ver + -ecek + -siniz = vereceksiniz (you will give)

  ver + -ecek + -ler = verecekler (they will give)

• If the verb ends in a vowel, it takes the linking consonant "-y"

  söyle - söyleyecek

  dinle - dinleyecek

• If the verb's last vowel is "a", "ı", "o" or "u", -acak is used.

  yaz - yazacak

• This suffix is not often used in spoken language. Instead of -acak, -ecek; people often use in informal speech -cak, -ıcak, -icek, -ucak, -ücek.