This is how I understand it, maybe a native speaker (or somebody more experienced) can correct me if needed.

We like each other - birbirimizi severiz

We love each other - birbirimizi seviyoruz 

sevmek takes a direct object with the -i/-ý/-u/-ü ending so it´s birbiri-miz-i sevmek

I think you can also say "birbirimizden hoþlanýyoruz" or "birbirimizi beðeniyoruz", but not 100% sure on that one.

 Hi Angel74.  This is important news > I took ´yendi´ to be from the infinitive ´ye-n-mek´ > in actual fact it is a verb in its own right [as it stands]  -- yendi --- and the ´di´ bit is not indicative of Past Tense!?  Is that right?

If it is correct then what Auxiliary verb [olmak, etmek, yapmak, kazanmak etc.] can we combine with ´Yendi´ to make it conform to a ´tense´

Yendi+olur; yendi+olacak,  yendi+oldu, yendi+olmuþ, yendi-yen+ olan, yendi-y-miþ +olan, yendi-dik-ce

Do you reckon we can use them as such?  ´lol´ [loud-online-laughter]!  

Tazx1

If you take yendi to be from infinitive ye-n-mek that it means "was eaten" and it is passive voice for ye-mek. So you´re right in that.

However you also said that yendi can be reflexive for "to win" and I responded to that, that no, that´s not the case. "To win" is yen-mek and it is a verb in its own right with the "yen" as its root. In order to make it a reflexive verb you need to use "kendi" (oneself).

For example to say "He conquered the enemy himselff" you can say "Kendi düþmaný yendi" (I hope I translated it ok, if not hopefully somebody will correct it).

So my point was to make a distinction between a reflexive verb and a non-reflexive verb.

I hope I didn´t confuse you further.

Thanks Angel.  Clear as a bell.  Cok iyi Anladim.

Over and Out.

Senin sonsuzluga

Tazx1

Yes yenmek is passive of yemek.

When a verb ands with a vowel -n- is used for passive and also for reflexive (if possible).

Examples:

de-mek = to say -- de-n-mek = to be said

ye-mek = to eat -- ye-n-mek = to be eaten

söyle-mek = to say -- söyle-n-mek = to be said and söyle-n-mek = to tell something himself

yýka-mak = to wash -- yýka-n-mak = to be washed and yýka-n-mak = to wash himself

koru-mak = to protect -- koru-n-mak = to be protected and koru-n-mak = to protect himself

etc

It really depends on the context as you can use "we like each other" in various circumstances.

If that "we" in the sentence is just to casual friend and you are talking about your relationship to a third person, you would say "Birbirimizi severiz"

If you say "Birbirimizi seviyoruz", this would sound like

"we are in love with each other"

"Birbirimizi beðeniyoruz" would rather mean

"we find each other physically attractive."

You can use "Birbirimizden hoþlanýyoruz.", if you are just beginning to a relationship/love affair

and still want to avoid using big words like "love", "adore".

mertsoy & si++

çok açýkca anlattýðý için teþekkur ederim.

Tazx1