In English we have polite instuctions such as- Can you bring me that rather than: Bring me that.- Can you listen to this rather than: Listen to this.How do we do this in Turkish?I know of "abil" but I thought this is when you have the ability to do something.Like okuyabilirsiniz - I think is you have the ability to read.

Not only. ABİL can also denote permission

                            Kredi kartıyla ödebilir miyim?

or possibility (truth value of the proposition):

                            3D yazıcılar yakında her evde olabilir.

I think it is possible to use ABİL in polite requests:

                            Bana menü getirebilir misiniz?

But also the aorist tense is widely used:

                            Biraz bekler misin?

For more detailed information, wait for natives.

It is interesting how the Turkish "ABİL" shows ABILity, which is kABİLiyet in Arabic. Looks like a coincidence, but I wouldn´t be surprised if Latin "habilis" and Arabic "kabiliyet" are cognates. Like "orange" and "narenciye."

Another coincidence is "devrim." It means "revolution." Cover the first letter, and you get "evrim" - "evolution."

It alters -ebil or -abil according to the vowel harmony.

ödemek (to pay)

öde+ebil+r miyim--------------------->ödeyebilir miyim?

It is "-ebil" here because "e" (ödemek) is a soft vowel.

ABOUT -EBİLMEK PATTERNS:

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Via the suffix "-ebil/-abil" in Turkish language, one expresses possibilities, permissions and abilities.

If you want to make the expression of permission more polite, you can use "izninizle", "müsaadenizle". An alternative of "lütfen (please)".

izin (native origined), müsaade (foreign origined) : permission | It´s better to use the native one but I wanted to talk about the foreigner one so that you can understand whenever you see it anywhere. The word "bir" is here synonym of "izninizle/müsaadenizle". It can add a more polite tone to the sentence.

izin+niz(possessive of 2nd plural)+ile(with)----->izninizle (with your permission, by your permission)

müsaade+niz+ile------------------------------>müsaadenizle

Imagine the saloon is too crowded. You want to go out the saloon, but you can´t go owing to the crowd. You ask someone who you don´t know.

İzninizle çıkabilir miyim? (May I go out (hidden: if you let)?)

/Müsaadenizle çıkabilir miyim?

/Bir çıkabilir miyim? (In spoken language, we usually omit "r" of this "bir" and pronounce it " bi´ "

in spoken: Bi´ çıkabilir miyim?

In these situations (adding politeness), try to pronounce like " bi´ ". People usually have gotten used to this.

that´s great.