Depremden hemen sonra telefonlarda büyük bir kesinti yaşandı.

Right after the earthquake, there was a major interruption in phone service.

Breakdown of Depremden hemen sonra telefonlarda büyük bir kesinti yaşandı.

• bir: a
• büyük: big
• hemen: immediately
• sonra: after

Questions & Answers about Depremden hemen sonra telefonlarda büyük bir kesinti yaşandı.

Why does Depremden end with -den, and what does it mean in this sentence?

The suffix -den is the ablative case, often translated as “from” or “after” when used with sonra. Here Depremden sonra means “after the earthquake.” Because hemen (“immediately”) comes between Depremden and sonra, you get “immediately after the earthquake.”

What is the function of hemen in Depremden hemen sonra, and could it go elsewhere?

Hemen is an adverb meaning “immediately” or “right away.” In Turkish, it commonly appears directly before sonra to form hemen sonra (“immediately after”). You could also say Hemen depremden sonra without changing the meaning, but Depremden hemen sonra is the most natural word order in reporting events.

Why is telefonlarda plural and in the locative case (-da)?

Telefon means “telephone/phone.” The suffix -lar pluralizes it to telefonlar (“phones”), and -da is the locative case, literally “in/on.” So telefonlarda means “on the phones” or more loosely “in the phone network.” Plural here indicates that the outage affected phones in general, not just one device.

What does büyük bir kesinti mean, and why is bir included?