WHAT DOES İLE MEAN IN TURKISH?

In this lesson you will learn what is and in Turkish, what is with in Turkish and what is by in Turkish. We are going to talk about a conjunction ile in Turkish language.

1. WHAT DOES İLE MEAN IN TURKISH?

“İle” can use in different meanings. İle can be used for using “and“, “with” conjunctions or to say “by“. You can understand the meaning of “ile” depending on the context. For example, look at the sentences below.

!KEEP IT IN MIND!

Another way to say and in Turkish: is “ve“. But don’t confuse with other meanings. So, “ile” and “ve” are synonyms words just in the meaning “and“. But “ile” have more meanings as we said above.

2. WHAT ARE THE RULES ABOUT “İLE” (and, with, by)?

• The first important point you should know is that word can be used as suffix at the end of the word. The meaning doesn’t change even if it used as suffix.
• If you want to use “ile” as a suffix, you can use it in 2 different forms: -le and -la. It changes according to word because of vowel harmony. If the last vowel is a, ı, o or u (back vowels) suffix will be -la, if the last vowel is e i ö or ü (front vowels) suffix will be -le.
• If word end with an any vowel you have to put a “y“ between word and suffix. For example: öğrenci: student / öğrenci+y+le > öğrenciyle (with student)
• Btw “ile” gives the answer to the questions “Kimle?(With who?), Neyle? (With what?)”. They come from “Kim ile” and “Ne ile“. So if you want to ask a qusetion, use “Kim ile, kimle, ne ile or neyle”. Here are some sample sentences that we have prepared for you!

3. EXAMPLE SENTENCES

• Emine tükenmez kalem ile yazı yazıyor. (Emine is writing with a pen.)
• Emine tükenmez kalemle yazı yazıyor. (Emine is writing with a pen.)
• Emine bilgisayar ile yazı yazıyor. (Emine is writing with a computer.)
• Emine bilgisayarla yazı yazıyor. (Emine is writing with a computer.)
• Sebzeleri bıçak ile doğruyorum. (I chop the vegetables with a knife.)
• Sebzeleri bıçakla doğruyorum. (I chop the vegetables with a knife.)
• Ayşe ile Mehmet parka gidiyorlar. (Ayşe and Mehmet are going to the park.)
• Ayşe’yle Mehmet parka gidiyorlar. (Ayşe and Mehmet are going to the park.)
• Bardak ile tabağı yıkadım. (I washed the plate and the glass.)
• Bardakla tabağı yıkadım. (I washed the plate and the glass.)
• İşe her gün araba ile gidiyorum. (I go to work by car every day.)
• İşe her gün arabayla gidiyorum. (I go to work by car every day.)
• Çok yorgunum, taksi ile geleceğim. (I am very tired, I will come by taxi.)
• Çok yorgunum, taksiyle geleceğim. (I am very tired, I will come by taxi.)

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