Breakdown of Lütfen kibar olun; güvenlik görevlisi de yardım etmek istiyor.
olmak
to be
istemek
to want
de
also
lütfen
please
Questions & Answers about Lütfen kibar olun; güvenlik görevlisi de yardım etmek istiyor.
Why is it "olun" and not "ol"?
Olun is the polite/formal or plural imperative of olmak “to be.” You use it when addressing more than one person or a single person politely (like English “please be”). Informal singular would be kibar ol. Very formal/public‑notice style is kibar olunuz. The negative is kibar olmayın.
Why do we need "ol-" at all—can’t we just say "kibar"?
In Turkish, adjectives can stand as predicates (e.g., “You are polite” = Kibarsınız), but to give the command “Be X,” Turkish uses the verb olmak. So “Be polite” is Kibar ol/olun, not just kibar.
What does "de" do here and why is it after "görevlisi"?
de means “also/too.” It attaches after the word it emphasizes, so güvenlik görevlisi de = “the security guard also (does).” If you wrote yardım etmek de istiyor, the meaning shifts to “(He) also wants to help (in addition to wanting/doing something else).”
How is this "de" different from the locative "-de/-da"?