Dışarı çıkmadan giyin; şarj kablosunu da unutma.

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Breakdown of Dışarı çıkmadan giyin; şarj kablosunu da unutma.

• unutmak: to forget
• çıkmak: to go out
• dışarı: outside

Questions & Answers about Dışarı çıkmadan giyin; şarj kablosunu da unutma.

What does the suffix in çıkmadan mean?

The suffix -meden/-madan forms an adverbial clause meaning “without doing X” and, very often in context, “before doing X.”

• çıkmadan = without/before going out (from çıkmak “to go out” + -madan) It links a prior or avoided action to the main clause.

Does çıkmadan mean “before going out” or literally “without going out”?

Both readings are possible. In practice, with preparatory actions, -madan commonly means “before” (i.e., “Get dressed before you go out”). If you want to make “before” explicit and unambiguous, say çıkmadan önce.

Why is it dışarı, not dışarıya?

Both exist:

• dışarı çıkmak is the default idiom (“to go outside”).
• dışarıya çıkmak also works and slightly emphasizes direction “to the outside.” Here, dışarı is the most natural.

Why is it giyin and not giy?