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### Indirect Commands and Requests

When reporting a command, advice, or request in English, we use an infinitive phrase (e.g., "The doctor wanted me *to get* an injection").

In Turkish, you turn the requested action into a noun clause using the "short verbal noun" suffix `-ma` or `-me`. This embedded clause acts as the direct object of main verbs like *istemek* (to want) or *önermek* (to suggest).

Here is the formula for the embedded action:
- Verb stem + `-ma` / `-me` + possessive suffix + accusative case

The possessive suffix shows *who* is being asked to do the action. Because the entire phrase is the direct object of the main verb, it almost always ends with the accusative case suffix (`-(y)ı` / `-(y)i` / `-(y)u` / `-(y)ü`).

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When using verbs like *önermek* (to suggest) or *söylemek* (to tell), the person receiving the advice takes the dative case (e.g., *bana*, "to me"), while the action itself still takes the accusative case.

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### Changing the Subject

Change the possessive suffix on the short verbal noun to match whoever is supposed to carry out the action. 

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If the embedded subject is third-person (he, she, it, they), remember to use the buffer letter `n` between the third-person possessive suffix (`-sı` / `-si`) and the accusative case marker (`-nı` / `-ni`).

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### Telling and Forbidding

This structure pairs seamlessly with other verbs of commanding and advising, such as *söylemek* (to tell) or *yasaklamak* (to forbid).

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### Negative Indirect Commands

If you need to report a command or request *not* to do something, add the standard negative suffix `-ma` or `-me` directly to the verb stem, right before the short verbal noun suffix. 

This results in a doubled syllable (`-mama` or `-meme`), followed by the possessive and accusative suffixes just like before.

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Indirect commands (-mA)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
clinic	klinik
to suggest / recommend	önermek
The doctor advised me to go to a new clinic.	Doktor bana yeni bir kliniğe gitmemi önerdi.
prescription	reçete
The nurse wanted me to get my prescription today.	Hemşire reçetemi bugün almamı istedi.
blood pressure	tansiyon
The doctor advised me to measure my blood pressure every morning.	Doktor her sabah tansiyonumu ölçmemi önerdi.
lab test / analysis	tahlil
They wanted us to do the tests in this clinic.	Onlar tahlilleri bu klinikte yapmamızı istediler.
needle / injection	iğne
The specialist wanted my mother to get an injection every day.	Uzman annemin her gün iğne olmasını istedi.
to forbid	yasaklamak
The doctor forbade me from using salt for my blood pressure.	Doktor tansiyonum için tuz kullanmamı yasakladı.
x-ray	röntgen
The secretary told us to go to another clinic for the x-ray.	Sekreter röntgen için başka bir kliniğe gitmemizi söyledi.
dose	doz
The doctor wanted me to get my prescription from the pharmacy and not to change the dose.	Doktor eczaneden reçetemi almamı ve dozu değiştirmememi istedi.
pulse	nabız
The nurse measured my pulse and told me to wait for the doctor.	Hemşire nabzımı ölçtü ve doktoru beklememi söyledi.
They want me to show my x-ray and blood test results.	Onlar röntgen ve kan tahlili sonuçlarımı göstermemi istiyorlar.
The doctor noticed my high pulse and forbade me from running fast.	Doktor yüksek nabzımı fark etti ve hızlı koşmamı yasakladı.
I advised him to get an injection, but he is not listening to me.	Ben ona iğne olmasını önerdim ama o beni dinlemiyor.
We do not advise you to reduce the dose of the medicine.	Biz senin ilacın dozunu azaltmanı önermiyoruz.