The distant past tense is formed by the scheme: verb stem + past tense ending + person marker.
Endings: -кан, -кен, -ган, -ген, -ан, -эн (affirmative); -маан, -мээн, -паан, -пээн, -баан, -бээн, -ваан, -вээн (negative). Person markers: 1st sg. – мен, 2nd sg. – сен, 3rd sg. – none; 1st pl. – бис, 2nd pl. – силер, 3rd pl. – none or -нар, -нер.
Examples:
1) in a positive form:эмнеткен бис - we were treated; барган силер - you went (visited); келген бис - we have arrived; дыңна + ан силер – you heard; эмне + эн бис = эмнээн бис – we treated.
2) in negative form: дузалаш + паан мен = дузалашпаан мен – I didn't help; киришпээн бис - we did not participate; барба + ан силер – you didn't go; келбээн силер - you didn't come; харыылаваан мен - I did not answer; дыңнаваан – haven't heard...

Singular: Мен алдым – I took;
Сен алдың – You took;
Ол алды – He (she, it) took.
Plural: Бис билдивис – We understood;
Силер билдиңер – You understood;
Олар билди(лер) – They understood.

Singular:
Мен албадым – I did not take;
Сен албадың – You did not take;
Ол албады – He (she) did not take.
Plural:
Бис билбедивис – We did not understand;
Силер билбедиңер – You did not understand;
Олар билбеди(лер) – They did not understand.

1) Мен көрдүм - I saw. Мен көрбедим - I haven't seen it.
2) Сен келдиң - You came (came). Сен келбедиң - You didn't come (came).
3) Ол барды - He (a) went (went). Ол барбады - He (she) didn't go (didn't go).
4) Бис кирдивис - We went. Бис кирбедивис – We didn't come in.
5) Силер ырладыңар - You sang. Силер ырлавадыңар - You didn't sing.
6) Олар эккелди(лер) - They brought it. Олар эккелбеди(лер) - They didn't bring it.

The recent past tense is formed by the scheme: verb stem + ending (-ды, -ди, -ду, -дү, -ты, -ти, -ту, -тү). For example: дыңнадым – I heard; эккелдиңер – you brought; болду – it happened.
For example:
1) дыңна + ды + м = дыңнадым – I heard; эккел+ ди + ңер = эккелдиңер – you brought; бол + ду = болду – he (she, it) has come true;бөл + дү + вүс = бөлдүвүс – we collected; хак + ты = какты – he (she, it) beat (beat, beat); кет + ти + вис = кеттивис – we put on; чоруп + ту + лар = чоруптулар – they left; төк + тү + вүс = төктүвүс – we spilled;
2) чан + ма + дай = чанмадым – I didn't go home; дыңна + ва + ды + ңар = дыңнавадыңар – you didn't hear; чи + ве + дим = чиведим – I didn't eat; бар + ба + ды + ң = барбадың – you didn't go; кэл + бе + ди + лер = кэлбедир – they didn't come; тып + па + ды + вы = тыппадывы – we didn't find; төк + пе + ди + лер = төкпедер – they didn't spill. 1. Distant past tense verbs denote completed actions that happened long ago, in the remote past. 2. Recent past tense verbs denote completed actions that have just happened.