What are common mistakes with İstek kipi?

Often confused with imperative. İstek kipi is softer — a suggestion, not a command. 🇬🇧 English speakers: Maps to 'let me/let's'. Concept is clear but suffix form must be learned. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: Similar to Russian давай/давайте + verb. The concept is very familiar. 🇨🇿 Czech speakers: Similar to Czech 'pojďme' constructions. Familiar concept. 🇩🇪 German speakers: Similar to 'lass uns' constructions.

İstek kipi: kurallar, örnekler ve alıştırmalar | Turkish Grammar A1

İstek kipi

A1 — Fiiller

Wish/desire mood (-ayım/-eyim) for suggestions, let's, and wishes

Can make suggestions and express wishes using the optative mood

Wish/desire mood (-ayım/-eyim) for suggestions, let's, and wishes

Examples

Hadi sinemaya gidelim! — Let's go to the cinema!
Sana yardım edeyim. — Let me help you.
Ne yiyelim? Balık yiyelim. — What shall we eat? Let's eat fish.

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İstek kipi

Wish/desire mood (-ayım/-eyim) for suggestions, let's, and wishes

Learning Goal

Can make suggestions and express wishes using the optative mood

Exam Skills:Konuşma

Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?

Hadi sinemaya gidelim!

Let's go to the cinema!

Sana yardım edeyim.

Let me help you.

Ne yiyelim? Balık yiyelim.

What shall we eat? Let's eat fish.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

İstek kipi istek, öneri ve teklif bildirmek için kullanılır.

Yapılışı: Fiil kökü + -ayım/-eyim (ben) veya -alım/-elim (biz)

Kişi	Ek	gelmek	bakmak
ben	-ayım/-eyim	geleyim	bakayım
biz	-alım/-elim	gelelim	bakalım

Kullanım:

Öneri: Bir çay içelim! (Let's drink tea!)
İstek: Yardım edeyim. (Let me help.)
Soru: Ne yapalım? (What shall we do?)

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises

Practice Exercises

Often confused with imperative. İstek kipi is softer — a suggestion, not a command. 🇬🇧 English speakers: Maps to 'let me/let's'. Concept is clear but suffix form must be learned.

Common Error Patterns

Used imperative when optative was more appropriate

Optative (-eyim/-elim) = suggestion/wish; Imperative = direct command

Hadi sinemaya gidelim!

Let's go to the cinema!

gidelim: let's go. Hadi = come on!

Sana yardım edeyim.

Let me help you.

edeyim: let me (do). Polite offer.

Ne yiyelim? Balık yiyelim.

What shall we eat? Let's eat fish.

yiyelim: let's eat (ye→yi before suffix).

Practice in course

Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises

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Frequently asked questions

When is İstek kipi used?: İstek kipi istek, öneri ve teklif bildirmek için kullanılır.
How is İstek kipi formed?: Yapılışı: Fiil kökü + -ayım/-eyim (ben) veya -alım/-elim (biz)
What are common mistakes with İstek kipi?: Often confused with imperative. İstek kipi is softer — a suggestion, not a command. 🇬🇧 English speakers: Maps to 'let me/let's'. Concept is clear but suffix form must be learned. 🇷🇺 Russian speakers: Similar to Russian давай/давайте + verb. The concept is very familiar. 🇨🇿 Czech speakers: Similar to Czech 'pojďme' constructions. Familiar concept. 🇩🇪 German speakers: Similar to 'lass uns' constructions.