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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)im

...sin

...sin *

...lim

...siniz

...sinler or ...ler **

= -(y)e/a- +

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