Turkish

The optative form of verbs is used to express an intention or desire, or to ask whether it is desirable to do something.
 It is mostly used for the first person and is -(y)Eyİm for the first person singular and -(y)Elİm for the first person plural.
 

 
 Questions are often translated with shall I or shall we, whereas statements are often translated with let me or let's.
 

 
 Beneath are some sample sentences to learn how the optative is used in Turkish.
 

 <table class="ui celled fixed table">
 <tbody><tr>
 <td>Shall we go to the cinema?</td>
 <td>Sinemaya gidelim mi?</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Let's eat.</td>
 <td>Yiyelim.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Shall I open the box?</td>
 <td>Kutuyu açayım mı?</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Let me look.</td>
 <td>Bakayım.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Please, let me pay.</td>
 <td>Lütfen, ben ödeyeyim.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Shall I wear the red dress?</td>
 <td>Kırmızı elbiseyi giyeyim mi?</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Let's quit smoking.</td>
 <td>Sigara içmeyi bırakalım.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Let's not do this.</td>
 <td>Bunu yapmayalım.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Shall we say it?</td>
 <td>Söyleyelim mi?</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody></table>

 
 Pay attention, the verbs yemek and demek change the e in their stem to an i when followed by a y.

Optative mood

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

Word	Sigara içmeyi bırakalım.
Meaning	Let's quit smoking cigarettes.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

we	biz
to drink	içmek
cigarette	sigara
to leave, to abandon; to quit; to give up; to let go of^B	bırakmak

Turkish

Sigara içmeyi bırakalım.

Breakdown of Sigara içmeyi bırakalım.

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