Breakdown of Metni kopyalayıp yeni dosyaya yapıştırınca biçim bozulmadı.
yeni
new
metin
the text
dosya
the file
-ya
to
Questions & Answers about Metni kopyalayıp yeni dosyaya yapıştırınca biçim bozulmadı.
What’s the main-clause vs. subordinate-clause structure here?
- Subordinate time clause: Metni kopyalayıp yeni dosyaya yapıştırınca (“when [I/we] pasted the text into a new file after copying it”).
- Main clause: biçim bozulmadı (“the formatting didn’t get messed up”).
- The time clause sets the condition/time; the main clause states the result.
What does the suffix -ınca/-ince in yapıştırınca mean?
- -ınca/-ince/-unca/-ünce means “when/once/as soon as.”
- It creates an adverbial time clause: yapıştır-ınca = “when (one) pastes/pasted.”
- Vowel harmony picks the form: after the back unrounded vowel ı, you get -ınca.
Does the -ınca clause have to share the same subject as the main clause?
- No. The subject of an -ınca clause can be different from the main clause.
- Here, the implicit subject of “copy/paste” is contextually “I/we,” while the main clause subject is biçim (“format/formatting”).
- The listener infers the doer from context.
How does kopyalayıp work? Why use -ip?