Questions & Answers about Arkadaşlarla gayriresmî bir davette daha rahat giyinirim.
arkadaş = “friend” + -lar = plural + -la = comitative case meaning “with.”
Together arkadaş-larla means “with friends.”
gayri- is an Arabic-derived prefix meaning “non-” or “un-,” and resmî means “official.” So gayriresmî = “unofficial” or “informal.”
The circumflex (ˆ) on î signals a historically long vowel or slight palatalization. In modern Turkish you’ll often see it written without the accent (gayriresmi), and the pronunciation difference is minimal in everyday speech.
Turkish locative case (-de/-da) means “in/at/on.” Since davet ends in a consonant, it takes -te (“davet + te → davette”). The doubled t comes from regular consonant assimilation.
davette therefore means “at the event/party/invitation.” In Turkish, davet can refer both to the invitation and the gathering itself.