At B2, choosing a register means shaping the whole message around its reader. Compare a request to a close friend with one to a new professional contact. The information stays the same; the relationship expressed by the wording changes.
The idea
Choose a consistent set: familiar sen, sana, görüşlerin, misin or respectful/plural siz, size, görüşleriniz, misiniz. With one recipient, siz can mark respectful distance; with several, it can simply be plural. The pronoun itself may be omitted, but the other forms still identify the addressee. Match the opening and closing to that relationship: Selam Deniz and Sevgiler suit the friendly model; Merhaba Deniz Hanım and Saygılarımla suit the more distant model. These are contextual choices, not a ranking of politeness. A question with bakabilir misin can be courteous between friends.
| Close friend: singular | Respectful address: one recipient |
|---|---|
| sana | size |
| görüşlerini | görüşlerinizi |
| uygunsan | uygunsanız |
| bakabilir misin? | bakabilir misiniz? |
| Yardımın için teşekkür ederim. | Yardımınız için teşekkür ederim. |
Examples
- Taslağı sana bu akşam göndereceğim.I will send you the draft this evening.
- Taslağı size bu akşam göndereceğim.I will send you the draft this evening.
- Uygunsan metne yarın bakabilir misin?If you are available, could you look at the text tomorrow?
- Uygunsanız metne yarın bakabilir misiniz?If you are available, could you look at the text tomorrow?
- Görüşlerini benimle paylaşabilir misin?Could you share your comments with me?
- Görüşlerinizi benimle paylaşabilir misiniz?Could you share your comments with me?
- Selam Deniz, taslağı sana bu akşam göndereceğim. Uygunsan metne yarın bakabilir misin? Görüşlerini benimle paylaşabilir misin? Yardımın için teşekkür ederim. Sevgiler, EkinHi Deniz, I will send you the draft this evening. If you are available, could you look at the text tomorrow? Could you share your comments with me? Thank you for your help. Best wishes, Ekin
- Merhaba Deniz Hanım, taslağı size bu akşam göndereceğim. Uygunsanız metne yarın bakabilir misiniz? Görüşlerinizi benimle paylaşabilir misiniz? Yardımınız için teşekkür ederim. Saygılarımla, EkinHello Ms Deniz, I will send you the draft this evening. If you are available, could you look at the text tomorrow? Could you share your comments with me? Thank you for your help. Kind regards, Ekin
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Watch out
Changing only the greeting leaves a mixed message. After choosing siz for a single reader, do not accidentally keep sana or uygunsan. Adding lütfen does not change the person ending. Nor does a short message automatically call for sen: the relationship matters more than the channel.
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Address a new professional contact with siz. Replace only sana: Taslağı sana bu akşam göndereceğim.
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size
size addresses the new contact with respectful distance; sana would address that person familiarly. The sender and the promised delivery time do not change.
You want the recipient’s own comments. Keep the address siz. Correct görüşlerini: Görüşlerini benimle paylaşabilir misiniz?
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görüşlerinizi
görüşlerinizi keeps the meaning “your comments” while making the possessor match siz. Changing the verb alone would leave the familiar possessive in place.
Keep siz. Correct the ending bakabilir misin: Uygunsanız metne yarın bakabilir misin?
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bakabilir misiniz
bakabilir misiniz makes the request agree with the chosen respectful address. The ability question still softens the request; misiniz remains separate from the verb.
For a first message to a professional contact, with no personal closeness, choose the more suitable closing: Saygılarımla or Sevgiler.
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Saygılarımla
Saygılarımla fits the stated first professional contact. Sevgiler would suggest a warmer relationship that this scenario has not established; it is not grammatically wrong.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Address a new professional contact with siz. Replace only sana: Taslağı sana bu akşam göndereceğim.
You want the recipient’s own comments. Keep the address siz. Correct görüşlerini: Görüşlerini benimle paylaşabilir misiniz?
Keep siz. Correct the ending bakabilir misin: Uygunsanız metne yarın bakabilir misin?
For a first message to a professional contact, with no personal closeness, choose the more suitable closing: Saygılarımla or Sevgiler.
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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Write two 60–80-word messages asking someone to comment on a draft tomorrow: one to a close friend, one to a new professional contact. Keep the request and timing unchanged. Circle every form that refers to the reader, then check the greeting and closing against them.