Ben konuşurken lütfen sözümü kesmeyin; notlarımı bitirince sizi dinleyeceğim.

Yes, Turkish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending usually makes the subject clear.

Here, ben is optional. The sentence would still work as:

Konuşurken lütfen sözümü kesmeyin; notlarımı bitirince sizi dinleyeceğim.

Including ben adds a little emphasis or contrast, as if the speaker is saying:

As for me / while I’m the one speaking...

So ben is not grammatically necessary, but it is natural if the speaker wants to stress their own action.

Konuşurken means while speaking / while I am speaking / when I’m speaking.

It comes from:

• konuşmak = to speak
• verb stem: konuş-
• -urken / -ken = while, when

So:

• konuşurken = while speaking

This -ken structure is very common in Turkish:

• yürürken = while walking
• yemek yerken = while eating
• okurken = while reading

In this sentence, Ben konuşurken means while I am speaking.

It can do both, depending on context.

By itself, konuşurken literally means something like while speaking. But in this sentence, because of the context and the presence of ben, it is understood as:

while I am speaking

Turkish often leaves this kind of subject reference to context rather than marking it explicitly inside the -ken form.

Literally, it means:

do not cut my word

But in natural English, that means:

don’t interrupt me

Breakdown:

• söz = word, speech, what someone is saying
• sözüm = my word / what I’m saying
• sözümü = my word / what I’m saying, as the object
• kesmeyin = do not cut

So sözümü kesmeyin is a very common Turkish way to say don’t interrupt me.

Because the phrase treats söz as the direct object of kesmek.

Here is the structure:

• söz = word / speech
• sözüm = my word / my speech
• sözümü = my word / my speech + accusative case

The -ü at the end is the accusative marker, which is used because the object is definite: my word / my speech.

So:

• sözüm = my word
• sözümü kesmeyin = don’t interrupt what I’m saying

The same thing happens in notlarımı later in the sentence:

• notlarım = my notes
• notlarımı = my notes (as a definite object)

Kesmeyin is the negative imperative for you plural or polite you singular.

Compare:

• kesme = don’t cut / don’t interrupt (informal singular, said to one person you address as sen)
• kesmeyin = don’t cut / don’t interrupt (plural you all, or polite singular you)

So this sentence is either addressed:

• to more than one person, or
• to one person politely

Because the sentence later uses sizi, it fits that the speaker is talking to you plural or polite you.

Yes. Kesmeyiniz is also correct, but it sounds more formal or stiff.

Compare:

• kesmeyin = normal polite/plural negative command
• kesmeyiniz = more formal, more official, sometimes more written or ceremonial

In everyday speech, kesmeyin is much more common.

Bitirince means when/once (I) finish.

It comes from:

• bitirmek = to finish
• stem: bitir-
• -ince / -ınca = when, once, after

So:

• notlarımı bitirince = when I finish my notes / once I finish my notes

This is different from -ken:

• -ken = while, during
• -ince = when, once, after

So in the sentence:

• konuşurken = while I’m speaking
• bitirince = once I finish

Turkish often leaves the subject understood from context.

Bitirince by itself can mean:

• when I finish
• when you finish
• when he/she finishes

The subject is usually understood from the surrounding sentence.

Here, the next part is:

sizi dinleyeceğim = I will listen to you

So it is clear that the same speaker means:

when I finish my notes, I will listen to you

That is why English often needs I, while Turkish does not.

Literally, it means when I finish my notes. In natural use, this can mean:

• when I finish my notes
• when I finish writing down my notes
• when I’m done with my notes

The exact nuance depends on context. Turkish often uses a slightly broader expression where English might choose a more specific one.

Breakdown:

• notlar = notes
• notlarım = my notes
• notlarımı = my notes (definite direct object)
• bitirince = when/once I finish

Because dinlemek usually takes a direct object in Turkish.

So you say:

• seni dinliyorum = I’m listening to you
• sizi dinleyeceğim = I will listen to you

Not normally:

• size dinleyeceğim

This is different from English, where listen to uses a preposition. In Turkish, dinlemek works more like hear/listen to someone directly with the accusative object.

So:

• siz = you
• sizi = you (object form)

It can mean either:

• you plural, or
• you singular in a polite/formal way

That is one of the common features of Turkish siz.

So this sentence could be addressed to:

• a group: I will listen to all of you
• one person politely: I will listen to you

Context tells you which one is meant.

Dinleyeceğim is the future tense: I will listen.

Breakdown:

• dinle- = listen
• -yecek / -acak = future tense
• -im / -ım / -um / -üm first-person ending, here in the form -eceğim

So:

• dinleyeceğim = I will listen

This matches the time sequence in the sentence:

• first: while I’m speaking, don’t interrupt
• later: when I finish my notes, I will listen to you

The semicolon links two closely related parts:

1. Ben konuşurken lütfen sözümü kesmeyin
2. notlarımı bitirince sizi dinleyeceğim

The first part is a request:

• Please don’t interrupt me while I’m speaking

The second part explains or softens it:

• Once I finish my notes, I’ll listen to you

So the semicolon shows that the two ideas belong together. A comma or full stop could also appear in some contexts, but the semicolon nicely marks a strong connection between them.

Yes, very natural.

Lütfen means please, and in Turkish it is often placed before the request or command:

• Lütfen bekleyin. = Please wait.
• Lütfen beni dinleyin. = Please listen to me.
• Ben konuşurken lütfen sözümü kesmeyin. = Please don’t interrupt me while I’m speaking.

Its position here sounds polite and normal.

Yes, but the nuance changes a bit.

• konuşurken = while I’m speaking
• konuştuğumda = when I speak / when I am speaking / when I have spoken, depending on context

In this sentence, konuşurken is better because the meaning is clearly during the time I am speaking.

If you said Ben konuştuğumda lütfen sözümü kesmeyin, it would still be understandable, but konuşurken is more natural for don’t interrupt me while I’m talking.

It is generally polite but firm.

Why?

• lütfen makes it polite
• kesmeyin is a polite/plural imperative
• sizi dinleyeceğim reassures the listener and softens the command

So the speaker is setting a boundary, but not aggressively. It sounds like:

Please let me finish, and then I’ll listen to you.

That is a very natural and useful kind of sentence in Turkish.