Questions & Answers about Film başlamadan önce telefonumu sessize alıyorum.
Word by word:
- Film – the film / the movie (no article in Turkish, context gives “the”)
- başlamadan – before (it) starts / without starting
- from başlamak = to start
- başlama- (verb stem) + -dan/-den (here as -madan, a special form; more below)
- önce – before
- telefonumu – my phone as a direct object
- telefon = phone
- -um = my
- -u = accusative (definite object)
- sessize – to silent / into silent mode
- sessiz = silent
- -e = “to, into”
- alıyorum – I am taking / I put
- al- = take
- -ıyor = present continuous
- -um = I
Turkish order is essentially:
[Time phrase] + [Object] + [Manner/Result] + [Verb]
Film başlamadan önce + telefonumu + sessize + alıyorum
English is more like:
I + put + my phone + on silent + before the movie starts
So Turkish usually puts the time expression first and the main verb at the end.