Turkish grammar · A1 · Lesson 25 of 29
İle in Turkish: With and By (-le, -la)
ile / -le, -la
Expressing company, instrument, or means of transport: araba ile, otobüsle, arabayla
ile says with, or by: with a friend, with a pen, by bus. It covers company, tool and transport in one word: arkadaşım ile, kalem ile, otobüs ile.
In everyday speech it fuses onto the noun as -le or -la by two-way harmony: otobüsle, kalemle, arabayla. After a vowel the bridge y steps in: araba → arabayla, kedi → kediyle.
With a pronoun it attaches to the owner form: benimle, seninle, onunla, bizimle, sizinle. Only onlar stays plain: onlarla.
Examples
Arkadaşımla sinemaya gittim.
I went to the cinema with my friend.
Otobüsle işe gidiyorum.
I go to work by bus.
Kalemle yazdım.
I wrote with a pen.