Breakdown of Hemen yer ayırtalım, partide çok eğlenelim!
çok
very
yer
place / space / room (unoccupied space, capacity)
parti
party
hemen
immediately / right away
Questions & Answers about Hemen yer ayırtalım, partide çok eğlenelim!
How do the verb endings in ayırtalım and eğlenelim translate to "let's"?
The suffixes -alım and -elim are used for the "let's" form (the optative mood for "we"). You choose between them based on vowel harmony. The root ayırt- (reserve) takes -alım because of its back vowels, while eğlen- (have fun) takes -elim because of its front vowels.
The lesson shows the suffix as -(y)AlIm. Why is there no y in ayırtalım or eğlenelim?
The y in brackets is a buffer letter. You only need to use it if the verb root ends in a vowel, to stop two vowels from crashing together (for example, bekle-y-elim for "let's wait"). Because both ayırt- and eğlen- end in consonants, we attach the suffixes directly without the y.
The phrase yer ayırtalım translates to "let's book a place". Can I use ayırtmak for booking other things?
Yes! Ayırtmak simply means "to reserve" or "to set aside". While yer ayırtmak (to book a space/place) is a very common set phrase, you can easily swap out the object. For example, you can say masa ayırtalım (let's book a table) or oda ayırtalım (let's reserve a room).
Why is it partide instead of just parti?