bununla

Bununla is a Turkish compound form that means “with this” or “with it.” It functions as an instrumental or means phrase and is used to indicate the instrument, method, or accompanying element through which an action is performed. The term is formed from the demonstrative determiner bu (this) combined with the genitive suffix -nun to create bunun (of this, this one) and the instrumental suffix la (with), yielding bununla as a single word.

Grammatically, bununla is an adverbial prepositional phrase integrated into the sentence as a single unit. It can modify verbs to express how something is done, or act as a referential cue pointing to a previously mentioned object or idea. It is commonly interchangeable in many contexts with the two-word construction bu ile, though bununla is more typical in everyday speech and formal writing.

Usage notes and examples illustrate its versatility. Examples include: Bununla başlayalım. (Let’s begin with this.) Onu bununla değiştirebilirsiniz. (You can replace it with this/with it.) Bu yöntemle de çalışabiliriz, but bununla daha güvenli görünüyor. (We can work with this method as well, but with this it seems safer.) These usages show bununla signaling means, instrument, or approach tied to a specific referent mentioned earlier in discourse.

Etymology and related forms: bununla derives from bu (this) plus the genitive suffix -nun and the instrumental suffix la, all fused into a single phonological unit. A related construction is bu ile, a two-word variant sometimes preferred for emphasis or clarity in casual speech.