Vardiya bitince birlikte kahvaltı yapacağız.

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Breakdown of Vardiya bitince birlikte kahvaltı yapacağız.

• bitmek: to end
• kahvaltı yapmak: to have breakfast
• -ince: when

Questions & Answers about Vardiya bitince birlikte kahvaltı yapacağız.

What does bitince mean, and how is it formed?

It’s the verb bit- (to end/finish) plus the time-converb suffix -ince/-ınca/-ünce/-unca. This suffix means “when/once/after” and follows vowel harmony. Since the last vowel in bit- is front i, it becomes bitince.

Can I say vardiya bittiğinde instead of vardiya bitince? What’s the nuance?

Yes. bittiğinde (built with the nominalizer -DIK/-DIĞ, 3rd-person possessive, and locative -de) feels a bit more formal/explicit than -ince, which is shorter and very common in speech. You may also see the genitive on the subject in careful style: vardiyanın bittiğinde.

Why is there no biz? Isn’t the subject missing?

It’s in the verb ending. yapacağız already encodes 1st person plural (“we will do”). You add biz only for emphasis/contrast: Biz birlikte kahvaltı yapacağız, onlar değil.

How is yapacağız built, and how do I pronounce it?

• Stem: yap-
• Future: -ecek/-acak → -acak after a back vowel: yapacak-
• 1st plural: -ız → yapacağız (the k softens to ğ before a vowel) Pronunciation tip: ğ lengthens the previous vowel (not a hard g): ya-pa-jaa-z; the last vowel is the dotless ı.