Turkish

In this lesson you will learn about the positive version of capability suffix -(y)Ebil. We use the capability suffix to express:

<ul>
	<li>capability (main purpose of this suffix)</li>
	<li>possibility of doing something</li>
	<li>politely making requests or asking for permissions</li>
</ul>

	You add this suffix right after the verb root. For example yap-abil-ir-im, I can do it.
	Another example, yürü-y-ebil-ir-im, I can walk.


	Note that the i in -(y)Ebil does not obey vowel harmony.
	So yap-abıl-ır-ım is not correct.


	You might have noticed that there is a -bilmek in -(y)Ebil.
	In fact, we always conjugate the verb -bilmek when we are using the capability suffix.
	So there's always a tense after the -(y)Ebil. It can be past, present, continuous etc.

<table class="ui celled definition table">
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>Capability Suffix</th>
 <th>Turkish</th>
 <th>English</th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>Past</td>
 <td>yap-abil-di-m</td>
			<td>I was able to do (it).</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>Aorist</td>
 <td>koş-abil-ir-sin</td>
			<td>You can run.</td>
 </tr>
		 <tr>
 <td>Continuous</td>
 <td>gör-ebil-iyor-sunuz</td>
			<td>You can see.*</td>
 </tr>
		<tr>
 <td>Future</td>
 <td>yi-yebil-ece-ğim</td>
			<td>I will be able to eat.</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

	*Notice how you can't combine capability and the continuous tense in English.


	So good news, no need to learn new conjugations!


	The usage of the continuous tense combined with the capability suffix is highly context-dependent. Therefore, we will not use it at this moment.

The positive capability and possibility suffix

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	(Ben) bir fincan kahve alabilir miyim lütfen?
Meaning	May I get a cup of coffee please?
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

a / an	bir
coffee	kahve
I	ben
to take; to get	almak
please	lütfen
cup	fincan

Turkish

(Ben) bir fincan kahve alabilir miyim lütfen?

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