-acağı sırada, -acağı zaman, -dığında, -dığı zaman, -dığı sırada in Turkish
What is the -acağı sırada, -acağı zaman, – dığında, -dığı zaman, -dığı sırada in Turkish? We use all of these suffixes to mean “when, while …” in English. That is, it adds time meaning to the verb. But we use all of these suffixes in different situations. We will explain all of them one by one with example sentences and many pictues! There is also a table of suffixes of this structure. Kolay gelsin:)
1. acağı zaman in Turkish
⇒Derse geleceğin zaman telefonunu sessize al.
(When come to class, put your phone on silent.)
Actually didn’t come to the class yet. Will come to the class. The verb happens before coming to the class. We can translate the sentence as “Put your phone on silent, before come to the class. So, we use “-acağı zaman” to describe a verb something will be happen before it. Pay attention to vowel harmony!
a, ı, o, u > (y)acağı zaman
e, i, ö, ü > (y)eceği zaman
2. acağı sırada in Turkish
⇒Derse geleceğim sırada telefonum çaldı.
(While I was coming to class, the phone rang.)
It’s like “just before”. Actually i didn’t enter into class yet but i was almost entering. There is a very short time in between. It was going to happen, it was about to happen AND something else happened at that time. My phone rang, when just before i enter into class. Pay attention to vowel harmony!
a, ı, o, u > (y)acağı sırada
e, i, ö, ü > (y)eceği sırada
3. dığı sırada in Turkish
⇒Derse girdiğim sırada telefonum çaldı.
(My phone rang while I was entering the class.)
My phone rang at that moment or after 1-2 second (when i enter into class). So, we know that two verb happened “at the same time or atfer a very very short time”. So; we use “-dığı sırada” to describe a verb happen while another verb happen at the same time or after a very short time. As always, you should pay attention to vowel and consonant harmony!
a, ı > dığı sırada
o, u > duğu sırada
e, i > diği sırada
ö, ü > düğü sırada
f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p > tığı sırada, tuğu sırada, tiği sırada, tüğü sırada
4. dığı zaman in Turkish
⇒Derse girdiğim zaman Türkçe konuşurum.
(I speak Turkish when I go to (enter) class.)
The verb girmek (to enter) and speak (talk) does not have to be at the same time. Girmek happenes in past when i speak Turkish. I entered the class, the verb “enter” is over BUT I am still in the class. The verb to enter is a thing of the past, but its effect still remains. Btw pay attention to vowel and consonant harmony!
a, ı > dığı zaman
o, u > duğu zaman
e, i > diği zaman
ö, ü > düğü zaman
f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p > tığı zaman, tuğu zaman, tiği zaman, tüğü zaman
5. dığında in Turkish
⇒Derse girdiğimde iyi hissediyorum.
(I feel good when I go to (enter) class.)
The -dığı zaman and -dığında structers are used in the same stuations. Pay attention to vowel and consonant harmony!
a, ı > dığında
o, u > duğunda
e, i > diğinde
ö, ü > düğünde
f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p > tığında, tuğunda, tiğinde, tüğünde
Possesive Suffixes In This Strucure
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