"Ona yardım edebiliriz."

Translation: We can help him.

[leyla408034]

Okay...may anyone explain the suffix

[mizinamo]

Of which word?

Ona = (to) him, dative of "o".

yardım = help

yardım edebiliriz = we can help

etmek = to do

edebilmek = to be able to do (-ebil = can, able to)

edebilir = he can do (aorist tense)

edebiliriz = we can do (aorist tense)

ed-ebil-ir-iz.

[Hojinkie]

If the verb is "edemek" then wouldn't the root be "ede-"? Which would in turn conjugate to "edeyebiliriz". Since the root ends in a vowel isn't the y in -(y)Abil used?

[mizinamo]

The verb is not edemek but etmek.

The "t" turns into a "d" before a vowel, so "ediyorum, edebilir, ederim" but stays "t" before a consonant, so "ettik, etsen".

[eahuntley]

Could this also translate as "we could help him", given the use of aorist / genis tense?

[SabineBergmann1]

I think that would be "edebilirdik"

[Mirage20]

"Ona yardım edebilirDİK" makes it past tense, meaning "We could have helped him/her".