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'Let's...'
| Useful Verbs |
| gelmek - to come |
| gitmek - to go |
| yemek - to eat |
| sevmek - to love |
| yapmak - to do |
| olmak - to be |
| kalmak - to stay |
| istemek - to want |
To say 'Let's....', two suffixes need to be added onto the verb base.
1) The first suffix is '-(y)e/a-' (the 'y' is only used if the last letter is a vowel)
2) The second suffix is the personal ending.
* For he/she/it, there are two choices.
Either;
The first suffix '-(y)e/a' is used and no personal ending e.g gel-e (let him go)
or
The first suffix is left out and just the personal ending is used e.g gel-sin (let him go)
** 'They' is similar; either gel-e-ler or gel-sinler is used.
examples
Let me come - gel-e-yim
Let me take - al-a-yım
Let you come - gel-e-sin
Let him come - gel-e or gel-sin
Let's come- gel-e-lim
Let you come - gel-siniz
Let them come - gel-sinler or gel-e-ler
This suffix can be used for a number of meanings. The most common meaning is 'let's...' or 'let me....'.
However it can also be used with questions to mean 'shall i....'. To make a question out of it, simply add the question marker -'mi' and change accordingly with vowel harmony.
examples
shall i come = gel-e-yim mi?
shall we wait = bekle-ye-lim mi?
etc
| Let me... |
| Let you..(singular/familiar) |
| Let him/her/it |
| Let's |
| Let you...(plural/polite) |
| Let them... |
-(y)e/a- +
| ...(y)im |
| ...sin |
| ...sin * |
| ...lim |
| ...siniz |
| ...sinler or ...ler ** |