Sen hazır olduğunda ben de çıkmaya hazır olacağım.

When you are ready, I will also be ready to go out.

Breakdown of Sen hazır olduğunda ben de çıkmaya hazır olacağım.

• olmak: to be
• ben: I
• sen: you
• de: also

Questions & Answers about Sen hazır olduğunda ben de çıkmaya hazır olacağım.

What does “olduğunda” literally mean, and how is it formed?

“Olduğunda” is a time-clause form that basically means “when (something) is / when (something) happens.”

Morphological breakdown:

• ol- = to be / to become
• -duğ- = a verbal noun/participle suffix (-dik/-dık/-duk/-düğ- etc., changes by vowel harmony) → “the fact of being/doing”
• -un = 2nd person singular possessive (your)
• -da = locative case (“in/at/on”), often used as “when” with these forms

So, hazır olduğunda is literally:

• hazır ol-duğ-un-da
  “at the time of your having become ready” → “when you are ready.”

In normal English we just translate it as “when you are ready,” not literally.

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Why is it “Sen hazır olduğunda” and not just “Sen hazırsın”?

“Sen hazırsın” means “You are ready (now).”
It’s a simple statement about the present.

“Sen hazır olduğunda” means “When you are ready,” and it introduces a time clause; it sets a condition or point in time for the main clause.

Compare:

• Sen hazırsın, ben de çıkmaya hazır olacağım.
  = You are ready; I will be ready to go out. (sounds odd: your readiness is now, mine is in the future)

• Sen hazır olduğunda, ben de çıkmaya hazır olacağım.
  = When you are ready, I will also be ready to go out. (your readiness is the reference point in time)

So “olduğunda” is used to create a “when …” clause, not just to describe a present state.

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