Word
Bu antika gramofon için makul bir fiyat verebilir misin?
Meaning
Can you give a reasonable price for this antique gramophone?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Bu antika gramofon için makul bir fiyat verebilir misin?
bu
this
bir
a / an
vermek
to give
fiyat
price
Questions & Answers about Bu antika gramofon için makul bir fiyat verebilir misin?
This lesson is about the tag değil mi?, but this sentence uses verebilir misin? instead. How would we rewrite it to use değil mi?
To use the confirmation tag değil mi? (right?), we need to turn the main question into a positive statement first. 'You can give a reasonable price' is verebilirsin. Then we just add the tag at the end: Bu antika gramofon için makul bir fiyat verebilirsin, değil mi? (You can give a reasonable price for this antique gramophone, can't you?).
Why does bir come after the adjective makul instead of before it?
In Turkish, the indefinite article bir (a/an) almost always goes between the adjective and the noun. If you said bir makul fiyat, it would sound a bit unnatural, emphasizing the number 'one' (one reasonable price) rather than just 'a reasonable price'. The standard pattern is Adjective + bir + Noun.
Can you break down the verb verebilir misin?
Sure! It starts with the verb root ver (give). Then we add the ability suffix -ebil (can/be able to), followed by the aorist tense suffix -ir which is often used for polite requests (verebilir = is able to give). Finally, we add the separate question particle mi and the 'you' ending -sin (misin = can you?).
Is fiyat vermek a standard phrase for negotiating?