Breakdown of Lütfen toplantıda konuşurken sözümü kesme.
konuşmak
to speak
lütfen
please
toplantı
the meeting
-da
in
Questions & Answers about Lütfen toplantıda konuşurken sözümü kesme.
What does each part of Lütfen toplantıda konuşurken sözümü kesme do?
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.
Why is it toplantıda and not just toplantı?
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
How does konuşurken work?