biriyle

Biriyle is a Turkish postpositional expression meaning “with someone.” It is formed by attaching the instrumental/comitative suffix -yle to biri, the indefinite pronoun meaning “someone.” The result is a single word that marks accompaniment or interaction with a person, rather than instrument or means.

Biriyle is used with verbs to express being with or doing something together with a person. Examples include biriyle konuşmak (to talk with someone), biriyle buluşmak (to meet with someone), or biriyle çalışmak (to work with someone). The phrase can refer to a specific person when the context identifies the individual, or remain indefinite as in “biriyle” when the exact person is not specified. It is common to see the related form birisiyle, which is a synonymous variant.

Variants and related forms: While biriyle is standard, birisiyle is also widely used and understood; the choice often comes from speaker preference or nuance rather than a strict rule. For forming questions, kimle is used to mean “with whom” (e.g., Kimle konuşuyorsun?).

Notes: The suffix -yle expresses accompaniment or comitative meaning and is one of several Turkish ways to say “with.” It can be used with other pronouns and nouns to express similar ideas, such as with a friend or with a stranger, depending on the context.