A colleague suggests going out for lunch, but you still have work to do. Practise an invitation, a short delay and an agreed return time in an original workplace exchange.
The idea
Use Yemeğe çıkalım mı? to propose going out for a meal together; here it is lunch. Çıkalım includes the speaker and the colleague, and the separately written mı asks for agreement. For a break, use Mola verelim mi? Accept with Olur, or suggest later with Şimdi işim var, sonra çıkalım mı?
Read the text
— Yemeğe çıkalım mı?
— Şimdi işim var, sonra çıkalım mı?
— Olur, on dakika sonra çıkalım.
— Saat birde ofise dönelim.
Examples
- Öğle arasında birlikte yemek yiyelim.Let’s eat together during the lunch break.
- Bugün öğle arası kısa.The lunch break is short today.
- On dakika sonra mola verelim.Let’s take a break in ten minutes.
- Yemeğe çıkalım mı?Shall we go out for lunch?
- Şimdi işim var, sonra çıkalım mı?I have work to do now; shall we go out later?
- Olur, on dakika sonra çıkalım.Sure, let’s go out in ten minutes.
- Saat birde ofise dönelim.Let’s return to the office at one.
- Beş dakika mola verelim mi?Shall we take a five-minute break?
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Watch out
Beş dakika mola verelim gives the length of the break: five minutes. Beş dakika sonra mola verelim says when it starts: in five minutes. Leaving out sonra changes the plan, even though both sentences are grammatical.
Try it yourself
Yemeğe çıkalım ___? Complete the invitation: shall we go out for lunch? Choose mı or mi.
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mı
mı: the last vowel of çıkalım is the dotless ı, so this question takes mı, written separately. You are asking the colleague to agree to going together.
Suggest a shared five-minute break. Use vermek: Beş dakika mola ___ mi?
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verelim
verelim: the speaker proposes a break for both people. The stem ver- takes -elim; veriyorum would describe what I am doing instead of making this shared proposal.
Say “in ten minutes”, not “now”: Şimdi değil, on dakika ___ çıkalım.
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sonra
sonra: the colleagues will leave after ten minutes have passed. Without this word, the number would not express the intended delay.
Add the ending to the noun yemek: ___ çıkalım mı? (Shall we go out for lunch?)
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yemeğe
yemeğe: here yemek is a noun meaning a meal. The dative -e links the meal to going out, and final k softens to ğ before that vowel.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Yemeğe çıkalım ___? Complete the invitation: shall we go out for lunch? Choose mı or mi.
Suggest a shared five-minute break. Use vermek: Beş dakika mola ___ mi?
Say “in ten minutes”, not “now”: Şimdi değil, on dakika ___ çıkalım.
Add the ending to the noun yemek: ___ çıkalım mı? (Shall we go out for lunch?)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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In pairs, act out four turns: invite a colleague to lunch, suggest leaving ten minutes later, accept, and propose returning at one. Then change the delay and the return time.