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### Expressing Role and Capacity with "olarak"

To say you do something "as" a certain profession, or function "in the capacity of" a specific role, Turkish uses the word **olarak**.

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Place **olarak** immediately *after* the noun it modifies.

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### Using "olarak" with Indefinite Articles

When speaking about a role in a general sense, the noun usually doesn't need an article. However, you can add **bir** (a / an) before the noun to emphasize "as *a* [role]."

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### Alternative Uses for Objects

**Olarak** isn't just for job titles. You can use it to describe an object functioning as something else.

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### Abstract Concepts

You can also use **olarak** to describe how you view or handle abstract situations, such as seeing an event "as" an opportunity.

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Role and capacity (olarak)

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
intern	stajyer
as / in the capacity of	olarak
I work here as an intern.	Burada stajyer olarak çalışıyorum.
expert	uzman
That intern will return to the company as an expert.	O stajyer, şirkete uzman olarak dönecek.
assistant	asistan
As an expert, I need a new assistant.	Bir uzman olarak, yeni bir asistana ihtiyaç duyuyorum.
manager	yönetici
Let me help the manager in the office as an assistant.	Ofisteki yöneticiye asistan olarak yardım edeyim.
representative	temsilci
The manager is joining the meeting as a representative.	Yönetici toplantıya temsilci olarak katılıyor.
cashier	kasiyer
The woman working as a cashier is speaking now.	Kasiyer olarak çalışan kadın şimdi konuşuyor.
witness	tanık
The cashier explained the event to the police as a witness.	Kasiyer, polise olayı tanık olarak anlattı.
opportunity	fırsat
I started to see this event as an opportunity.	Bu olayı bir fırsat olarak görmeye başladım.
chef	şef
I want to use this opportunity to work as a chef.	Bu fırsatı şef olarak çalışmak için kullanmak istiyorum.
The chef uses the pot in the kitchen as a weapon.	Şef, mutfaktaki tencereyi silah olarak kullanıyor.
We used this thick book as a pillow.	Bu kalın kitabı yastık olarak kullandık.
The person who started as an intern solved the problem.	Stajyer olarak başlayan kişi sorunu çözdü.
The manager who saw the accident is speaking as a witness.	Kazayı gören yönetici, tanık olarak konuşuyor.
The man works as a representative in the company.	Adam şirkette temsilci olarak çalışıyor.
to consist of, be formed (-DAn)	oluşmak
The team consists of five people.	Ekip beş kişiden oluşuyor.
This book consists of ten chapters.	Bu kitap on bölümden oluşuyor.
real, actual	asıl
The real problem is not money, it is time.	Asıl sorun para değil, zaman.
What was the actual topic of the meeting?	Toplantının asıl konusu neydi?
to attach importance to	önem vermek
My family attaches great importance to education.	Ailem eğitime çok önem veriyor.
The manager attaches importance to this project.	Yönetici bu projeye önem veriyor.
As an expert, I attach great importance to details.	Uzman olarak detaylara çok önem veririm.
face to face	yüz yüze
I want to discuss this topic face to face.	Bu konuyu yüz yüze konuşmak istiyorum.
We spoke with the manager face to face.	Müdür ile yüz yüze konuştuk.