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To ask someone directly about their feelings, states, or professions, attach personal "to be" endings (like "I" or "you") directly to the yes/no question particle.

The personal ending will always harmonize with the vowel of the question particle (**mı**, **mi**, **mu**, or **mü**).

### Asking "Are you...?" (Sen)
To ask a single person "Are you...?" informally, attach the second-person singular suffix (**-sın**, **-sin**, **-sun**, **-sün**) to the question particle.

- **a / ı** → **mısın**
- **e / i** → **misin**
- **o / u** → **musun**
- **ö / ü** → **müsün**

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### Asking "Am I...?" (Ben)
When adding the first-person singular suffix (**-ım**, **-im**, **-um**, **-üm**) to the question particle, you must insert the buffer letter **y** to prevent two vowels from bumping into each other.

- **a / ı** → **mıyım**
- **e / i** → **miyim**
- **o / u** → **muyum**
- **ö / ü** → **müyüm**

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### Formal and Plural "Are you...?" (Siz)
When speaking to multiple people or addressing someone formally, use the plural/formal suffix (**-sınız**, **-siniz**, **-sunuz**, **-sünüz**) on the question particle.

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### Third Person
Remember that the third person ("he", "she", "it", or specific nouns) does not take a personal suffix. Just use the standalone question particle that harmonizes with the word right before it.

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Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

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)

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)

First person plural optative (-(y)AlIm)

Question	Answer
hungry	aç
Are you hungry now?	Şimdi aç mısın?
Are the children hungry?	Çocuklar aç mı?
full (not hungry)	tok
Are you full?	Tok musun?
Is that child full?	O çocuk tok mu?
married	evli
Are you married?	Evli misiniz?
Is that teacher married?	O öğretmen evli mi?
weak, thin	zayıf
Am I thin?	Ben zayıf mıyım?
Isn't that man thin?	O adam zayıf değil mi?
nurse	hemşire
Are you a new nurse?	Yeni bir hemşire misin?
Am I a good nurse?	Ben iyi bir hemşire miyim?
lawyer	avukat
Are you a lawyer?	Siz avukat mısınız?
Am I a bad lawyer?	Ben kötü bir avukat mıyım?
police officer	polis
Are you a police officer?	Sen polis misin?
Is that young woman a police officer?	Şu genç kadın polis mi?
manager, director	müdür
Are you the new manager?	Siz yeni müdür müsünüz?
Am I the manager now?	Ben şimdi müdür müyüm?