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When bad weather ruins a picnic or the power goes out, you have to adapt. To suggest a minimum acceptable alternative or look on the bright side of a cancelled plan, Turkish uses three common expressions: **bari**, **en azından**, and **hiç olmazsa**.

### Settling for a Compromise: Bari

**Bari** translates closely to "might as well" or "at least." It carries a slight tone of resignation—you are disappointed the original plan failed, but you want to offer a compromise to make the best of it. 

If you cannot go out, you might just have to "make do" (**idare etmek**).

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### Finding the Bare Minimum: En azından

**En azından** literally means "at its least." It is widely used to salvage a situation, focusing on the minimum positive action you can take when things go wrong.

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### If Nothing Else: Hiç olmazsa

**Hiç olmazsa** literally translates to "if it doesn't happen at all." You use it to set a bare-minimum expectation when the primary goal is completely off the table, much like saying "if nothing else" in English.

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### Reluctant Acceptance

When you accept these indoor compromises, you might do so **gönülsüzce** (reluctantly). Regardless of which marker you use, they all naturally pair with suggestions or commands (like let's play backgammon or cards) to help salvage the day.

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Minimum acceptable alternatives (bari, en azından)

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
at least / might as well	bari
to make do / to manage (get by)	idare etmek
We won't be able to go out, we might as well make do at home.	Dışarı çıkamayacağız, bari evde idare edelim.
at least (quantitatively)	en azından
pizza	pizza
They cancelled the picnic, at least let's order pizza to the house.	Pikniği iptal ettiler, en azından eve pizza sipariş verelim.
at least / if nothing else (minimum expectation)	hiç olmazsa
cookie	kurabiye
After returning home, if nothing else let's bake cookies.	Eve döndükten sonra hiç olmazsa kurabiye pişirelim.
reluctantly	gönülsüzce
backgammon	tavla
We returned home reluctantly, we might as well play backgammon.	Gönülsüzce eve döndük, bari tavla oynayalım.
to pop / to explode (transitive)	patlatmak
to cheer up	neşelendirmek
The children cannot go out, at least let's pop corn and cheer them up.	Çocuklar dışarı çıkamaz, en azından mısır patlatalım ve onları neşelendirelim.
The weather is bad enough that we cannot go out, if nothing else let's make do at home.	Hava dışarı çıkamayacağımız kadar kötü, hiç olmazsa evde idare edelim.
We couldn't go to the match, at least let's eat pizza at home.	Maça gidemedik, en azından evde pizza yiyelim.
My friend reluctantly agreed to stay inside, we might as well play backgammon.	Arkadaşım içeride kalmayı gönülsüzce kabul etti, bari tavla oynayalım.
playing cards	iskambil
The electricity went out, if nothing else let's play cards.	Elektrikler kesildi, hiç olmazsa iskambil oynayalım.
You don't like staying at home, but at least make do.	Evde kalmaktan hoşlanmazsın ama en azından idare et.
We won't be able to have a barbecue, we might as well bake pizza in the oven.	Mangal yapamayacağız, bari fırında pizza pişirelim.
After the tent got wet we returned home, if nothing else let's drink hot tea.	Çadır ıslandıktan sonra eve döndük, hiç olmazsa sıcak çay içelim.
We couldn't go to the picnic, at least we will play cards at home.	Pikniğe gidemedik, en azından evde iskambil oynarız.
The weather is very bad, at least let's bake cookies and cheer the children up.	Hava çok kötü, bari kurabiye pişirelim ve çocukları neşelendirelim.
It is raining, at least let's pop corn and watch a movie at home.	Yağmur yağıyor, en azından mısır patlatalım ve evde film izleyelim.