Merhaba! iyi akþamlar! ´alabýlýr miyim´ -Can I take, have, more polite than ´istiyorum´ I want-deðil mu?

But how is alabýlýr constructed? the root is ´almak´ but how is the suffix worked out?

Thank you!

BB

 The present simple of ´almak´ would be ´alýrým´   I take

The ´can´ part is ´abil´ which is added after the verb stem.    al-abil-irim=alabilirim=I can take

To make the question change the personal ending ´im´ to the question ending ´miyim´

alabilir  miyim? ´can I take?´

I hope this helps.

Harika!

Thank you so much.

BB

well, actually it is not "abýl", it is can do, and able to do suffix verb root + bilmek

so it is done like

for example:

al + a (this is to link to verbs) + bilir +im

al + a + bilir + sin

al + a + bilir

al + a + bilir + iz

al + a + bilir + siniz

al + a + bilir +ler

the vowel that links the two verb is according to the phonetics vowel harmony, the rest will always be the same as it is a seperate verb.

when you make it interrogation:

al + a + bilir + mi (inter. suffix) + y (connecting) + im? alabilir miyim?

al + a + bilir + mi + sin?  alabilir misin?

and another thing, present continuous is:

alýyorum

simple present is:

alýrým

By the way, the "bilmek" can or able to do suffix is also know as

-ebilmek, -abilmek, because you always add the a or a.

Hello everybody, please I have a quesion, maybe someone can explain to me.

I have a turkish sentence: Gazeteyi okuduktan sonra kahvaltý ettim. (after having read the newspaper i ate breakfast).

If i write Gazeteyi okuyup kahvaltý ettim - it would be the same meaning, right? Or if it´s different, please tell me what´s the difference.

Thanks a lot

 I am also just learning so wait for someone who is more expert than me

but i belive the first sentence reads as you said, after reading the paper I made breakfast.  Gazeteyi okuduktan sonra kahvaltý ettim.

I think the second sentence reads I read the paper and I made  breakfast.Gazeteyi okuyup kahvaltý ettim

its think its the dikten sonra that gives the meaning of after.

"gazeteyi okuduktan sonra" is after reading the newspaper

"gazeteyi okuyup" is having read the newspaper.

No difference.  You can use both. 

 I stand corrected.....lol

thanks Merih

not at all... you did right..