Learn Hardcore Turkish: Nişanlı arkadaşım ev sahibiyle kibarca pazarlık etti. - My engaged friend negotiated politely with the landlord.

Usually no. It means “my friend who is engaged (to someone else).” If you mean “my fiancé/fiancée,” you’d say nişanlım. Using nişanlı arkadaşım for your own fiancé sounds odd or ambiguous.

What does the suffix -ım in arkadaşım do?

It’s the 1st-person singular possessive: arkadaş = friend, arkadaşım = my friend.

How is ev sahibiyle formed, and why is it -yle?

Breakdown:

ev = house
sahip = owner → with 3sg possessive -i: sahibi (p → b before a vowel)
ile = with, used as the clitic suffix -(y)le/-(y)la Because the phrase ends in a vowel (…sahibi), you add buffer y and use front-vowel harmony → ev sahibiyle (not ev sahibiyla).

Can I write ev sahibi ile instead of ev sahibiyle?

Yes. ile can be written separately (postposition) or attached as a clitic. Both are correct; the suffixed form is more common in speech.

Why isn’t there accusative on ev sahibi (like ev sahibini)?

Because it’s not a direct object. The counterpart in bargaining is marked with ile/-(y)le (“with”), not accusative. A direct object would be something like kirayı (“the rent”) if you specified what was negotiated.

What exactly does ev sahibi mean—landlord, homeowner, or host?

All are possible; context decides:

rental context: “landlord”
general: “homeowner”
social gathering: “host”

What does kibarca add compared to kibar?

kibarca is the adverbial form (“politely, in a polite manner”) using -ca/çe. Colloquially you might also hear kibar pazarlık etti; both are acceptable. Near-synonyms: nazikçe, kibar bir şekilde.

How does pazarlık etti work?

It’s the light-verb construction pazarlık etmek (“to bargain/haggle”). Simple past 3sg → etti. The past suffix is underlying -di, but after voiceless t it surfaces as -ti: et- + -di → etti.

Can I say pazarlık yaptı instead?

Yes. pazarlık yapmak is very common and usually interchangeable with pazarlık etmek. Some feel etmek can sound a bit more formal, but both are widely used.

Can I move kibarca elsewhere?

Yes. Adverbs are flexible:

Nişanlı arkadaşım kibarca ev sahibiyle pazarlık etti.
Kibarca, nişanlı arkadaşım ev sahibiyle pazarlık etti. This changes emphasis, not correctness.

Why is there no “he/she” pronoun?

Turkish is pro-drop. The subject nişanlı arkadaşım makes the doer clear, and etti already marks 3rd person singular, so no pronoun is needed.

How do I make it plural (“My engaged friends”)?

Nişanlı arkadaşlarım ev sahibiyle kibarca pazarlık etti(ler).

Plural on the noun: arkadaşlarım
Verb: singular etti or plural ettiler; with human subjects, -ler on the verb is common but optional.

How do I say it was about the rent/price?

Add a topic phrase:

kira konusunda = about the rent
fiyat konusunda/üzerine = about the price Example: Nişanlı arkadaşım ev sahibiyle kira konusunda kibarca pazarlık etti.

Is nişanlı gendered?

No. Nişanlı (and nişanlım) is gender-neutral. Use context or extra words (e.g., erkek arkadaş, kız arkadaş) if you need to clarify gender.

Why not arkadaşımın?

-ın/-in is genitive (“of”). You’d use arkadaşımın only when it possesses something (e.g., arkadaşımın fikri = my friend’s idea). Here arkadaşım is the subject, so it stays as arkadaşım.

Anything else important about ile?

Two tips:

It can also mean “and” when linking nouns (e.g., Ali ile Ayşe = “Ali and Ayşe”).
As a clitic it follows vowel harmony: -la/-le after consonants (arabamla), -yla/-yle after vowels (anneyle, ev sahibiyle).