Soğukta bekleyince ellerim de uyuşuyor.

Soğukta means in the cold or in cold weather.

The ending -ta is the locative suffix, which often means in, at, on.

• soğuk = cold
• soğukta = in the cold

It appears as -ta rather than -da because of consonant harmony: after the voiceless consonant k, Turkish uses the voiceless form -ta.

Bekleyince comes from beklemek = to wait.

It is made of:

• bekle- = wait
• -(y)ince = when, once, sometimes if

So bekleyince means something like:

• when I wait
• when one waits
• if I wait

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is when I wait in the cold.

The y is just a buffer sound, added because bekle- ends in a vowel.

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are understood from context.

So instead of saying ben soğukta bekleyince, Turkish can simply say soğukta bekleyince.

In this sentence, ellerim means my hands, so it is easy to understand that the person involved is I:

• Soğukta bekleyince = when I wait in the cold

Technically, bekleyince by itself does not mark person clearly, so context does the job.

Yes. The suffix -(y)ince can sometimes be understood as when and sometimes as if, depending on context.

But in everyday use, it often feels most natural as a time clause:

• when I wait in the cold

If someone wanted a more clearly conditional form, they might use beklersem = if I wait.

So here, when I wait in the cold is probably the best reading.

Ellerim means my hands.

It breaks down like this:

• el = hand
• eller = hands
• ellerim = my hands

So the word contains:

• the noun
• the plural suffix -ler
• the 1st person possessive suffix -im

This is very normal in Turkish. Possession is often shown directly on the noun, instead of with a separate word like my.

Because the sentence is talking about both hands, so the plural is natural.

• elim = my hand
• ellerim = my hands

In English, we also usually say my hands go numb, not my hand goes numb, unless only one hand is affected.

Here, de means also or too.

So:

• ellerim de = my hands too / my hands also

This de is written separately because it is a separate particle, not a suffix.

That is different from the locative ending -de/-da, which is attached to the word:

• evde = at home
• ellerim de = my hands too

In this sentence, de suggests that something else also happens, or that the hands are also affected.

Because de usually comes right after the word or phrase it adds the meaning also/too to.

So:

• ellerim de uyuşuyor = my hands too go numb

The focus is on ellerim.

If you move de, the emphasis can change. Turkish uses word order and particles like de to show what is being highlighted.

No. Here uyuşuyor comes from uyuşmak, which means to go numb, to become numb, or to feel numb/tingly.

So:

• ellerim uyuşuyor = my hands are going numb / my hands get numb

This is different from uyumak, which means to sleep.

Even though the words look a bit similar, they are different verbs:

• uyumak = to sleep
• uyuşmak = to go numb

This is normal in Turkish.

Turkish often uses a singular verb with a plural subject, especially in everyday speech and especially when the subject is not being strongly emphasized as a group of separate individuals.

So:

• ellerim uyuşuyor is completely natural

Saying ellerim uyuşuyorlar would usually sound unnecessary or unnatural here.

English requires my hands are, but Turkish does not need plural marking on the verb in the same way.

-yor is the present continuous form, but in Turkish it is also often used for repeated or typical experiences.

So uyuşuyor can mean:

• are going numb
• go numb
• tend to go numb

In this sentence, it likely describes a repeated experience:

• When I wait in the cold, my hands go numb too

So it does not have to mean only right this second. It can describe what usually happens in that situation.

Yes, in many contexts uyușur could also work.

Very roughly:

• uyuşuyor can sound more immediate, vivid, or experiential
• uyușur can sound more general or habitual

So:

• Soğukta bekleyince ellerim de uyuşuyor = a natural everyday way to describe what happens
• Soğukta bekleyince ellerim de uyuşur = also possible, but a bit more general in tone

The version with -yor is very common in speech for habits and recurring experiences.

Turkish word order is flexible, but the given order is very natural.

• Soğukta bekleyince ellerim de uyuşuyor.

This puts the condition or situation first, then the result.

You could rearrange parts of the sentence, but the emphasis would change. For example, moving ellerim de earlier could make my hands too more prominent.

So the original sentence is a very normal, natural way to say it.