Çeviri yaparken bilmediğim kelimeleri sözlükte arıyorum.

to do

Breakdown of Çeviri yaparken bilmediğim kelimeleri sözlükte arıyorum.

• bilmek: to know
• kelime: the word
• sözlük: the dictionary

Questions & Answers about Çeviri yaparken bilmediğim kelimeleri sözlükte arıyorum.

What does çeviri yaparken literally mean, and why is yapmak used with çeviri?

Çeviri yaparken is built from:

• çeviri – translation
• yapmak – to do / to make
• -ken – while / when (doing something)

So çeviri yaparken literally means “while doing translation” or “while making a translation”.

In Turkish, many nouns form common expressions with yapmak (to do/make), for example:

• alışveriş yapmak – to shop (literally “to do shopping”)
• spor yapmak – to do sports / to exercise
• çeviri yapmak – to translate (literally “to do translation”)

So instead of a simple verb “to translate”, Turkish often uses çeviri yapmak.

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What is the role of the suffix -ken in yaparken?

The suffix -ken attaches to a verb and means “while ...ing / when ...ing”.

• yapmak – to do
• yaparken – while doing / when (I am) doing

So çeviri yaparken = “while I am doing translation / while translating.”

It doesn’t show person by itself; the subject (here “I”) is understood from the main verb arıyorum (“I am looking up”).

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Why is it bilmediğim kelimeleri and not simply bilmediğim kelimeler?