Uzun süre bilgisayara bakınca boynum ağrıyor.

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Breakdown of Uzun süre bilgisayara bakınca boynum ağrıyor.

• uzun: long
• bakmak: to look
• ağrımak: to hurt

Questions & Answers about Uzun süre bilgisayara bakınca boynum ağrıyor.

Why is it bilgisayara and not just bilgisayar?

Because the verb bakmak (to look) usually takes the dative case in Turkish.

So:

• bilgisayar = computer
• bilgisayara = to/at the computer

With bakmak, Turkish says something like look at/to something, not just look something.

Examples:

• Televizyona bakıyorum. = I’m looking at the TV.
• Çocuğa baktı. = He/she looked at the child.

So bilgisayara bakmak means to look at the computer.

What does bakınca mean here?

Bakınca comes from bakmak + -ınca / -ince, and here it means when, once, or whenever depending on context.

So:

• bakınca = when (someone) looks
• in this sentence, more naturally: when I look

In the full sentence, it gives the sense:

• When I look at the computer for a long time, my neck hurts.

Because the second part is a general statement, bakınca is understood as whenever/when in a habitual sense.