Dün parkta koşarken bileğim ağrıdı.

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Breakdown of Dün parkta koşarken bileğim ağrıdı.

• park: the park
• koşmak: to run
• dün: yesterday

Questions & Answers about Dün parkta koşarken bileğim ağrıdı.

Why is parkta used instead of just park?

Parkta is park + -ta, the locative ending, meaning in the park or at the park.

• park = park
• -ta / -te / -da / -de = in / at / on, depending on vowel harmony and consonant voicing

Here, park ends in the voiceless consonant k, so the suffix appears as -ta rather than -da.

So:

• park = park
• parkta = in the park

How is koşarken formed, and what does it mean grammatically?

Koşarken comes from the verb koşmak (to run).

It is built from the verb stem koş- plus -arken, which means while doing or when doing.

So:

• koşmak = to run
• koş- = run
• koşarken = while running

This form shows that one action was happening at the same time as another. In this sentence, the wrist started hurting during the time the speaker was running.

What is the difference between koşarken and a full clause like koşuyorken?