Word
Kapı açık olunca sokaktaki gürültüyü duyabiliyorum.
Meaning
When the door is open, I can hear the noise in the street.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Kapı açık olunca sokaktaki gürültüyü duyabiliyorum.
olmak
to be
gürültü
the noise
kapı
the door
açık
open
Questions & Answers about Kapı açık olunca sokaktaki gürültüyü duyabiliyorum.
Why is there olunca after açık? Why not just Kapı açıkken?
Both are possible, but they are not exactly the same in feel.
- açık olunca = when/once/since it is open
- açıkken = while it is open
In this sentence, olunca links the condition or situation to the result:
Kapı açık olunca ... duyabiliyorum = When the door is open, I can hear ...
It is built from olmak (to be / to become) + -ınca.
So:
- Kapı açıkken sokaktaki gürültüyü duyabiliyorum.
= I can hear the street noise while the door is open. - Kapı açık olunca sokaktaki gürültüyü duyabiliyorum.
= When the door is open / if the door is open, I can hear the street noise.
In many contexts, they are very close.
What does -ınca / -ince mean?