Merhaba. I am not getting why, when the negative suffix is added to an imperative, the new word can have many meanings.

From the classes in beginner 1, I understood içme, would mean "don´t drink".

when I look this up in the dictionary the term is "drinking".

Bana yardim edebilir misiniz, lutfen.

im not sure if I have this the right way around , they can mean both but the stress it put on the iç in içme when it is negative

I think

 Normally the suffix " me " makes it negatif, but here "içmek " = to drink  infinitive form changed into Verbal Noun form by dropping "k" and takes personal endings when its needed.

For example : Sigara içmen beni rahatsız ediyor --> Your smoking cigarette disturbs me.

as you see, "your smoking cigarette "  works as noun . The verb "to smoke cigarette" transformed into " Noun"

Another example :  Senin gelmeni dört gözle bekliyorum --> I am looking forward your coming.

dört gözle beklemek = to look forward

Senin gelmen = Your coming         gel + me + n = your coming

so you will know the difference by looking at the whole context in the sentence, otherwise you cant just guess it by on its own.

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