Word
Soba sönünce, akşamüstü biraz üşüdük.
Meaning
When the stove went out, we were a bit cold in the late afternoon.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Soba sönünce, akşamüstü biraz üşüdük.
biraz
a bit
sönmek
to go out
-ünce
when
üşümek
to feel cold
Questions & Answers about Soba sönünce, akşamüstü biraz üşüdük.
What does the suffix -ince/-ınca/-ünce/-unca in sönünce mean?
It makes a time clause meaning roughly “when/once/after.” So soba sönünce = “when the stove went out.” It usually implies that the second action follows the first pretty directly.
How is sönünce formed morphologically?
Verb root sön- (to go out, die down) + -ince with vowel harmony → -ünce because the last vowel is front rounded (ö). No buffer -y- is needed because the root ends with a consonant.
Is sönmek different from söndürmek?
Yes. sönmek is intransitive: “to go out” (by itself). söndürmek is transitive: “to put out/extinguish” something.
- Soba söndü = “The stove went out.”
- Sobayı söndürdük = “We put the stove out.”
Why not use söndüğünde instead of sönünce?
You can. -diğinde/-dığında also means “when/at the time that” and is a bit more neutral or formal. -ince often suggests a tighter trigger or “as soon as” feel. Both are fine here: Soba söndüğünde… vs Soba sönünce…