edebilir

Edebilir is a Turkish verb form used to express possibility or ability, roughly equivalent to “can” or “may” in English. It is the present tense form of the potential mood built with the auxiliary verb edebilmek, which means “to be able to do.” The -ebil/-abil suffix marks possibility and attaches to the verb stem, with person endings added in the ordinary Turkish present-system.

In practice, edebilir appears as the third-person singular form to indicate that someone or something can perform the action described by the following verb. For other persons, the corresponding forms are used, such as edebilirim (I can), edebilirsin (you can), edebiliriz (we can), and edebilirler (they can). The negative is formed with edeme- plus the appropriate person ending (for example, edemem, edemez, edebiliriz).

Usage notes:

- Turkish often expresses ability or possibility with the more common yap- or et- verbs (for example, yapabilir, edebilir). In everyday speech, speakers frequently prefer the productive forms based on the main verb rather than the staple edebilmek construction.

- edebilmek and its forms are more typical in formal, written, or technical contexts, or when the emphasis is on the abstract notion of possibility rather than on a concrete capability.

See also:

- Potential mood in Turkish

- -ebil/-abil suffix

- Turkish verb conjugation basics