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<p> In Turkish we say <strong>birbiri</strong> instead of "each other" or "one another". 
	It is mostly used when the verb that is used cannot take the reciprocal suffix, or when it gets a whole new meaning if it does. 
	And it mostly goes together with <strong>ile</strong>.
</p>
<p>Since there are at least two people present when you use <strong>birbiri</strong>, there are no conjugations for singulars.</p>
<table class="ui fixed celled definition table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Conjugation of birbiri</th>
            <th>Singular</th>
            <th>Plural</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>First person</td>
            <td>-</td>
			<td>birbir<strong>imiz</strong></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Second person</td>
            <td>-</td>
			<td>birbir<strong>iniz</strong></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Third person</td>
            <td>-</td>
			<td>birbir<strong>leri</strong></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<p>
	Let's consider the verb <strong>yapmak</strong>. One would expect that doing something reciprocally would be <strong>yapışmak</strong>,
	however <strong>yapışmak</strong> means to stick, to adhere to something.
	Therefore we have to use <strong>birbirimiz</strong> in the following sentence, as we cannot use the word <strong>yapışmak</strong>:
</p>

<table class="ui celled table">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
			<td>Röportajı <strong>birbirimiz ile</strong> yaptık.</td>
            <td>We interviewed each other.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Birbiri and its variations

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Counting to 10

Fruits

The days of the week

The months of the year

Demonstratives

Adjectives

Vegetables

Animals extended

Hello and goodbye

Colors

First degree family

Nouns and articles

Plural nouns and minor vowel harmony

Personal pronouns

The verb "to be"

There is and there are

The infinitive and the stem

The imperative and major vowel harmony

The present continuous

The locative case suffix

The accusative case suffix

The dative case suffix

Final consonant harmony

Negative verbs

Questions in the present continuous

Questions with the verb "to be"

The imperative

The imperative forms of yemek and demek

Different uses of the present continuous

Irregular verbs

The Turkish alphabet

The indefinite article and the number one

The negative form of "to be"

Question words

Meeting people

Conjunctions

Stress inside questions

Locative location pronouns

Dative and ablative location pronouns

Accusative and locative personal pronouns

The genitive case suffix

Genitive personal pronouns

Extended family

The possession suffix

Dative and ablative personal pronouns

Expressing possession with var and yok

Clothing

The head and related parts

Compound nouns

Body parts

Combining suffixes

Water and the possession suffix

Vowel elimination on suffixation

Location postpositions

Location postpositions 2

Extra vocabulary and expressions

The ablative case suffix

Wearing things

Demonstratives with case suffixes

Counting larger numbers

Using numbers and quantifiers

A bit much and more and less

Animals

Telling time

The instrumentative

The definite simple past

Food

Nuts

Countries

Traffic and directions

The weather

With and without

Nationalities

Question	Answer
to stick, to adhere to	yapışmak
each other, one another	birbiri
to chase, to pursue	kovalamak
The dogs are chasing each other.	Köpekler birbirlerini kovalıyorlar.
[Apparently] Romeo and Juliet loved each other very much.	Romeo ve Jüliet birbirlerini çok sevmiş.
In which lesson did you work with each other?	Hangi derste birbirinizle çalıştınız?
interview	röportaj
to interview	röportaj yapmak
We interviewed each other.	Röportajı birbirimiz ile yaptık.
Apologise to each other right now!	Hemen birbirinizden özür dileyin!
blind	kör
deaf	sağır
to host, to receive, to entertain, to accomodate	ağırlamak
[Lit.]The blind and the deaf host each other.^{TURKISH PROVERB}	Körler sağırlar birbirlerini ağırlar.
[Apparently] Kamil and his paternal grandmother washed each other.	Kamil ve babaannesi birbirlerini yıkamışlar.
to get married	evlenmek
You are siblings, you can't marry each other!	Siz kardeşsiniz, birbirinizle evlenemezsiniz!
to fall in love	aşık olmak
hero	kahraman
protagonist	başkahraman
enemy, foe	düşman
antagonist	başdüşman
At the end of this movie, the protagonist and the antagonist fall in love with each other.	Bu filmin sonunda, başkahraman ve başdüşman birbirlerine aşık oluyor.

Turkish 131 - Birbiri and its variations

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