Ellerimi sabunla yıkayıp duruladım.

It has several pieces:

• el = hand
• eller = hands
• ellerim = my hands
• ellerimi = my hands, as the direct object of the verb

So ellerimi means my hands in the sense of I washed my hands.

The last -i is the accusative ending, which is used here because the object is specific and definite.

Because Turkish usually marks body parts with a possessive suffix when talking about your own body.

So:

• eller = hands in general
• ellerim = my hands
• ellerimi yıkadım = I washed my hands

Using the possessive is the natural way to say this in Turkish. English does the same with my hands, but in Turkish that my idea is built into the word itself.

Sabunla means with soap or using soap.

It is:

• sabun = soap
• -la / -le = with, by means of

So sabunla is the attached-suffix version of sabun ile. Both mean the same thing.

• sabunla = more compact, very common in everyday speech
• sabun ile = also correct, a bit fuller or sometimes slightly more formal

This is the Turkish connector -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp, often used to link two actions done by the same subject.

So:

• yıkayıp duruladım = I washed and rinsed
• more literally: having washed, I rinsed

In natural English, it often corresponds to and, and then, or after ...-ing, depending on context.

In this sentence, it connects the two actions smoothly:

• first washing
• then rinsing

Because the verb stem yıka- ends in a vowel, and the -ıp type suffix also begins with a vowel.

Turkish often inserts a buffer y between two vowels to make pronunciation easier.

So:

• yıka-
  • -ıp
• becomes yıkayıp

That extra y is just a linking sound.

In Turkish, when verbs are linked with -ıp, only the last verb usually carries the full tense and person marking.

So:

• yıkayıp = wash-and / having washed
• duruladım = I rinsed

The -dım on duruladım tells you the whole sequence is:

• past tense
• first person singular

So yıkayıp duruladım means I washed and rinsed, not just I rinsed.

Because the ending on the final verb tells us.

Duruladım breaks down like this:

• durula- = rinse
• -dı = past tense
• -m = I

So duruladım means I rinsed.

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear. That is why ben is not needed here.

The most natural reading is:

• I washed my hands with soap
• and then rinsed them

So sabunla is understood most strongly with yıkayıp.

In real life, rinsing usually happens with water, so the sentence naturally suggests:

1. soap was used in the washing step
2. then the hands were rinsed

Yes, this is a very natural word order.

Turkish often puts:

• the object first
• then other details
• and the main finite verb last

So:

• Ellerimi = my hands
• sabunla = with soap
• yıkayıp = having washed
• duruladım = I rinsed

This is a normal Turkish structure.

Some rearrangement is possible for emphasis, for example:

• Sabunla ellerimi yıkayıp duruladım

That is still grammatical, but the original version is very natural and neutral.

They are related but not the same:

• yıkamak = to wash
• durulamak = to rinse

So yıkamak is the cleaning action itself, often with soap or water.

Durulamak is the rinsing step afterward, usually to remove soap or residue.

That is why the pair yıkayıp duruladım sounds very natural: first wash, then rinse.