Lütfen toplantıda konuşurken sözümü kesme.

A natural breakdown is:

• Lütfen = please
• toplantıda = in/at the meeting
• konuşurken = while speaking / while someone is speaking
• sözümü = my speech / my turn / my words
• kesme = don’t cut → idiomatically, don’t interrupt

So the sentence is built like:

Please + in the meeting + while speaking + my speech + don’t interrupt

That word order is very normal for Turkish.

Because -da / -de / -ta / -te is the locative case, which often means in, at, on.

• toplantı = meeting
• toplantıda = in the meeting / at the meeting

In this sentence, it tells you where the action happens.

The suffix appears as -da here because of vowel harmony and consonant rules. You will often see this pattern:

• evde = at home
• okulda = at school
• toplantıda = at the meeting

konuşurken means while speaking or while someone is speaking.

It comes from the verb konuşmak = to speak, with the suffix -ken, which gives the idea of while / when in the middle of doing something.

So:

• konuşmak = to speak
• konuşurken = while speaking

In this sentence, it describes the time during which the interruption should not happen.

A good way to think of -ken is:

• yürürken = while walking
• çalışırken = while working
• konuşurken = while speaking

Because Turkish often leaves out subjects when they are clear from context.

Here, sözümü kesme already shows that the speaker is talking about my speech / my turn, so it is easy to understand that konuşurken means while I’m speaking.

If you want to make it extra clear or more emphatic, you can absolutely say:

Lütfen toplantıda ben konuşurken sözümü kesme.

That adds ben = I, but it is not required.

Literally, it means don’t cut my word/speech.

But this is a very common Turkish idiom:

• birinin sözünü kesmek = to interrupt someone

So:

• sözümü kesme = don’t interrupt me

Here söz does not just mean a single dictionary-style word. In this expression it is closer to speech, what someone is saying, or someone’s turn to speak.

Because there are two different endings here:

• söz = word / speech / turn
• sözüm = my word / my speech
• sözümü = my word / my speech as the direct object

So:

• -üm = my
• -ü = the accusative ending, used for a definite direct object

Since kesmek takes an object here, Turkish uses sözümü.

This is especially common in fixed expressions like sözünü kesmek.

kesme is the negative imperative of kesmek.

• kesmek = to cut
• kes! = cut!
• kesme! = don’t cut!

In this sentence, because of the idiom sözünü kesmek, it means:

• sözümü kesme = don’t interrupt me

For you singular, Turkish often uses the bare imperative like this.

By itself, an imperative can sound direct, because it is a command form. But lütfen softens it:

• Kesme. = Don’t interrupt.
• Lütfen kesme. = Please don’t interrupt.

So this sentence is polite but direct.

It is usually something you would say to one person. If you want to be more formal or address more than one person, you would usually say:

Lütfen toplantıda konuşurken sözümü kesmeyin.

That uses -yin / -yın / -yun / -yün for a more polite or plural imperative.

Because Turkish normally places the main verb at the end.

So the structure is very natural:

• Lütfen = polite marker
• toplantıda = place
• konuşurken = time/background clause
• sözümü = object
• kesme = main verb

Turkish often builds up the context first and puts the final action last.

English tends to say the verb earlier, but Turkish usually waits until the end.

Yes, but the original order is very natural.

For example, you could also say:

Toplantıda konuşurken lütfen sözümü kesme.

This still sounds normal. The meaning stays basically the same.

However, Turkish word order changes often create emphasis, not a totally new meaning. In most neutral situations, keeping kesme at the end is the best choice.

Because konuşurken strongly suggests an action happening during the speaking.

That fits interrupting very well, since interruption happens in the middle of someone’s speech.

• konuşurken = while speaking, during the act of speaking
• konuştuğumda = when I speak / when I am speaking / when I spoke, depending on context

For this sentence, konuşurken is the more natural choice because it emphasizes ongoing speech.

The grammar is general, but this exact sentence specifically says toplantıda = in the meeting / at the meeting.

You can replace that part with other settings:

• derste konuşurken sözümü kesme = don’t interrupt me while I’m speaking in class
• telefonda konuşurken sözümü kesme = don’t interrupt me while I’m speaking on the phone

So the pattern is reusable:

[place/context] + konuşurken + sözümü kesme

It is one of the most common and natural ways.

sözünü kesmek is a standard expression for interrupting someone in speech.

Depending on tone, you could also hear other versions, but sözümü kesme is very normal, direct, and idiomatic.

So as a learner, this is definitely a useful expression to remember:

• sözümü kesme = don’t interrupt me
• sözünü kesmeyin = don’t interrupt him/her; or in context, don’t interrupt your speaker
• sözümüzü kesmeyin = don’t interrupt us