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### Delegating Household Chores

Sharing the load at home means taking responsibility for chores or assigning them to others. When you have someone else perform a task, you use the causative voice.

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### The "-t" and "-It" Causative Suffixes

While most regular verbs use the `-DIr` suffix to form the causative voice, multi-syllable verb roots ending in a vowel take the `-t` suffix. 

- `uyu-` (sleep) + `-t` = `uyutmak` (to put to sleep)
- `temizle-` (clean) + `-t` = `temizletmek` (to have cleaned)

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Multi-syllable verb roots ending in certain consonants—especially `r` or `l`—also typically take the `-t` suffix. (Other specific consonant endings take `-It`, matching four-way vowel harmony as `-it`, `-ıt`, `-ut`, or `-üt`).

- `otur-` (sit) + `-t` = `oturtmak` (to seat / to make sit)
- `süpür-` (sweep/vacuum) + `-t` = `süpürtmek` (to have swept)

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### Assigning Tasks (The Dative Case)

When you specify *who* you are having perform the chore, that person takes the dative case (`-a` or `-e`). Think of it as passing the task *to* them.

- `bahçıvan` (gardener) -> `bahçıvana`
- `temizlikçi` (cleaner) -> `temizlikçiye`

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### By Force or For Pay

When managing family duties, you might have to make someone do something by force (`zorla`), or you might motivate them with an allowance (`harçlık`). Notice in these examples how verbs like `toplamak` (to tidy) and `ödemek` (to pay) end in vowels, so they naturally take the `-t` suffix to become `toplatmak` and `ödetmek`.

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The causative voice (-t / -it)

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
responsibility	sorumluluk
Housework is our responsibility.	Ev işleri bizim sorumluluğumuz.
Do you not want to take responsibility?	Sorumluluk almak istemiyor musun?
nanny / caregiver	bakıcı
At what time did the nanny put the baby to sleep?	Bakıcı bebeği saat kaçta uyuttu?
The nanny could not seat the child on the chair.	Bakıcı çocuğu sandalyeye oturtamadı.
dry cleaning	kuru temizleme
Send this dress to the dry cleaner and have it ironed.	Bu elbiseyi kuru temizlemeye gönder ve ütület.
Would you have my coat cleaned at the dry cleaner?	Kabanımı kuru temizlemede temizletir misin?
gardener	bahçıvan
grass / lawn (cultivated)	çim
to water	sulamak
The gardener has been watering the grass since morning.	Bahçıvan çimleri sabahtan beri suluyor.
Which gardener did you have water the grass?	Hangi bahçıvana çimleri sulattın?
to sweep / to vacuum	süpürmek
Would you please sweep your room?	Lütfen odanı süpürür müsün?
cleaner	temizlikçi
I had the cleaner sweep the whole house.	Temizlikçiye bütün evi süpürttüm.
by force / forcefully	zorla
The cleaner did not come, that's why I forced my husband to clean the house.	Temizlikçi gelmedi, bu yüzden evi kocama zorla temizlettim.
allowance / pocket money	harçlık
Do not force the child to tidy his room, just give him an allowance.	Çocuğa zorla odasını toplatma, ona sadece harçlık ver.
I have my own allowance, I will not make you pay the bill.	Kendi harçlığım var, hesabı sana ödetmeyeceğim.