Uçaktan indikten sonra bagaj kontrolünden geçmek biraz zaman aldı.

(After disembarking from the plane, going through baggage control took some time.)

Breakdown of Uçaktan indikten sonra bagaj kontrolünden geçmek biraz zaman aldı.

• biraz: some
• zaman: the time
• sonra: after
• almak: to take
• -den: from
• -tan: from
• uçak: the plane
• inmek: to disembark
• geçmek: to go through

Questions & Answers about Uçaktan indikten sonra bagaj kontrolünden geçmek biraz zaman aldı.

What does Uçaktan indikten sonra mean, and how is the -dikten sonra construction formed?

Uçaktan = from the plane
indikten = root in- (from inmek, “to get off”) + verbal adjective -dik + ablative -ten
sonra = after
Together, Uçaktan indikten sonra literally means “after getting off the plane.” The pattern verb stem + ‑dik + ‑ten + sonra creates a time clause “after doing X.”

Could we replace indikten sonra with inince, and if so, what’s the difference?

Yes. Uçaktan inince also means “when/once (we) get off the plane.”
• inince = inmek + -ince, a conjunction meaning “as soon as/when.”
• indikten sonra = “after (having) got off.”
Nuance: inince often implies immediacy (“as soon as we landed”), while indikten sonra is a more general sequence marker (“after we’d gotten off”).

Why does bagaj kontrolünden carry both -ü and -nden suffixes?

We start with the compound noun bagaj kontrolü (“baggage control”). To add a case ending (-den) to a noun, Turkish first requires a 3rd person singular possessive suffix:
 kontrol + -ü → kontrolü
Then add the ablative -nden → kontrolü + -nden → kontrolünden
Result: bagaj kontrolünden = from/through the baggage control.

Why is bagaj kontrolünden in the ablative case here?

The verb geçmek meaning “to pass through/by” takes its location in the ablative (-den) rather than accusative. So bagaj kontrolünden geçmek = to pass through baggage control (literally, “to pass from the baggage control”).

What type of verb is geçmek in this sentence, and why isn’t it followed by an accusative object?

geçmek can be:
• Transitive – e.g. sınavı geçmek (“to pass an exam,” accusative)
• Intransitive – e.g. bir yerden geçmek (“to pass through a place,” ablative)
Here it’s intransitive (“to go through”), so we use the ablative kontrolünden, not an accusative.

How does bagaj kontrolünden geçmek function grammatically in the sentence?

It’s a nominalized verb phrase (a gerund clause) acting as the subject. In other words, passing through baggage control is what took time.

What does biraz zaman aldı mean, and how is it constructed?

biraz = a bit/some
zaman = time
almak (past tense aldı) = to take
Together, biraz zaman aldı literally means “it took a bit of time,” i.e. “it took some time.”

Can we replace biraz zaman aldı with bir süre aldı or vaktimizi aldı, and does the meaning change?

Yes:
• bir süre aldı = “it took a while,” slightly more formal/indefinite.
• vaktimizi aldı = “it took up our time,” emphasizing whose time was occupied.
By contrast, biraz zaman aldı is a neutral way to say “it just took a little time.”