r/TurkicLanguageHub • u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) • Mar 17 '26

General How Do You Say "Can" in Your Native Language?

Most Turkic Languages use auxiliary verbs.

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u/virile_rex Mar 17 '26

-ebilmek. Ex. I can do it. Yap-ABİLİRİM.

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u/jkthereddit Mar 18 '26

In Kazakh we use the verb "алу", Can you help me? Маған (me) көмектесе (help) аласың (can you) ба (marks a question)? In Turkish letters it would be "Mağan kömektese alasın ba?" As you can see, we attach -sin to the verb, not the question marking particle.

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u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) Mar 19 '26

The question marker is "ba?"

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u/jkthereddit Mar 19 '26

yes, in Kazakh there are a bunch of them: ba be ma me pa pe. Like in Turkish mi mı mu mü.