Amcam eve gelince birlikte çay içiyoruz.

Amcam means my uncle.

It breaks down like this:

• amca = uncle
• -m = my

So:

• amca → uncle
• amcam → my uncle

A useful cultural note: in Turkish, amca specifically means father’s brother. For mother’s brother, Turkish uses dayı.

Ev means house or home.

The ending -e is the dative case, which often means to or toward.

So:

• ev = house/home
• eve = to the house / home

This is used because gelmek (to come) normally takes the destination in the dative:

• eve gelmek = to come home / come to the house

Because gelmek expresses movement toward a place, not being in a place.

• eve = to home / homeward
• evde = at home / in the house

So:

• eve gelmek = to come home
• evde olmak = to be at home

Using evde with gelmek would not fit the meaning here.

Gelince means when he comes, when she comes, when it comes, or more generally when ... comes / once ... comes / whenever ... comes, depending on context.

It comes from:

• gel- = come
• -ince = a suffix meaning when, once, upon, or sometimes whenever

So:

• gelince = when/once he comes

In this sentence, amcam eve gelince means when my uncle comes home.

No. -ince does not show person by itself.

The person comes from context or from an explicit subject. Here the subject is already given:

• Amcam eve gelince = when my uncle comes home

So Turkish does not need a separate word for he here.

Yes, içiyoruz literally looks like we are drinking, because it uses the present continuous form:

• iç- = drink
• -iyor = present continuous
• -uz = we

So:

• içiyoruz = we are drinking / we drink

But in Turkish, the present continuous is often also used for current habits or repeated actions, especially in everyday speech.

So this sentence can naturally mean:

• When my uncle comes home, we drink tea together
• or Whenever my uncle comes home, we’re drinking tea together depending on context

In English, the best translation is usually the habitual one: we drink tea together.

Yes, içeriz is also possible.

• içeriz = we drink / we usually drink
• içiyoruz = we are drinking / we drink

The difference is subtle:

• içeriz sounds more like a general habit or regular fact
• içiyoruz can sound more immediate, conversational, or tied to a current routine

So both can work, but içiyoruz is very natural in spoken Turkish.

-uz marks first person plural, meaning we.

So the verb breaks down like this:

• iç- = drink
• -iyor- = present continuous
• -uz = we

That is why Turkish does not need to say biz (we) here. The verb already tells you the subject.

Birlikte means together.

It is an adverb, so it describes how the action happens:

• birlikte çay içiyoruz = we drink tea together

Its position is fairly natural here. Turkish word order is flexible, but this placement is common and neutral.

Without birlikte, the sentence would still be grammatical:

• Amcam eve gelince çay içiyoruz.
• When my uncle comes home, we drink tea.

Adding birlikte makes it clear that the people involved are drinking tea together.

Turkish usually does not use articles the way English does.

So:

• çay can simply mean tea

Also, direct objects in Turkish often stay without a case ending when they are indefinite or non-specific.

Here:

• çay içiyoruz = we drink tea

If the tea were specific, Turkish might use the accusative:

• çayı içiyoruz = we are drinking the tea / that tea

So the bare çay here is normal.

Because Turkish normally puts the verb at the end of the clause.

This sentence is structured roughly like this:

• Amcam eve gelince = when my uncle comes home
• birlikte çay içiyoruz = we drink tea together

A very literal order would be:

• My uncle home-when-comes together tea we-drink

That sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Turkish.

So the sentence follows a very typical Turkish pattern:

• time clause first
• main verb at the end

It often suggests a repeated or habitual action, especially in everyday use.

So the most natural interpretation is usually:

• Whenever my uncle comes home, we drink tea together

But depending on the wider context, it could also refer to a specific situation:

• When my uncle comes home, we’re drinking tea together

In isolation, learners will most often understand it as a habit or routine.