Yazdan önce kilo verecek.

She will lose weight before summer.

Breakdown of Yazdan önce kilo verecek.

• önce: before
• yaz: the summer
• kilo vermek: to lose weight

Questions & Answers about Yazdan önce kilo verecek.

Why is it yazdan and not just yaz?

The ending -dan is the ablative case suffix, which often means from or is used in expressions like before and after.

So:

• yaz = summer
• yazdan önce = before summer

With önce and sonra, Turkish usually uses the ablative:

• dersten önce = before the lesson
• işten sonra = after work

So yazdan önce is the normal way to say before summer.

Why does önce come after yazdan?

In Turkish, önce means before, but it comes after the noun phrase it relates to.

So Turkish says:

• yazdan önce = literally summer-from before

English puts before first, but Turkish puts önce after the thing being referred to.

Compare:

• yemekten önce = before the meal
• okuldan önce = before school
• yazdan önce = before summer

This is just the normal Turkish pattern.

Why is there no word for he, she, or they?