çalabilir

çalabilir is a Turkish verb form that expresses ability or possibility. It is formed from the verb çalmak, which has several related senses, including to play (a musical instrument), to steal, and to knock. The suffix -abilir (vowel-harmonized as -abilir) marks potential or capability, and is attached to the verb stem çal- to yield çalabilir.

Usage and meaning: In typical sentences, çalabilir translates as can play or may play about the subject. The sense is determined by the context, not by the form alone. For example: O enstrümanı çalabilir. (He/She can play the instrument.) Kapıyı çalabilirler. (They may knock on the door.) Telefon çalabilir. (The phone may ring.) With different subjects you use the corresponding person endings: çalabilirim, çalabilirsin, çalabiliriz, çalabilirler to express I can, you can, we can, they can, respectively.

Notes: because çalmak has multiple senses, çalabilir can be ambiguous without context. The word is common in everyday speech and in written Turkish, used in both hypothetical and descriptive statements. Etymologically, the form derives from the Turkish verb stem çal- plus the modal suffix -abilir, which is part of the broader Turkish system for expressing possibility and capability.

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