Ben dereotunu yoğurda karıştırıp turpun üstüne koyuyorum.

That’s right: Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the subject.

In koyuyorum, the ending -um tells you the subject is I, so Ben dereotunu yoğurda karıştırıp turpun üstüne koyuyorum could also simply be:

Dereotunu yoğurda karıştırıp turpun üstüne koyuyorum.

Using ben adds emphasis, contrast, or clarity. For example, it can sound like I’m the one doing it.

Dereotu is the normal Turkish word for dill, and it is written as one word.

It is a fixed compound noun, so learners should usually just memorize:

• dereotu = dill

When case endings are added, the form changes, as in dereotunu. Even if the word looks a bit complex, the dictionary form is still dereotu.

Because dereotunu is the definite direct object of the verb.

Here, -u / -ü / -ı / -i is the accusative ending, which often corresponds to English the when the object is specific.

So:

• dereotu = dill
• dereotunu = the dill / dill as a specific object

The n is a linker that appears in forms like this.

A useful contrast:

• Dereotu karıştırıyorum. = I’m mixing dill / some dill.
• Dereotunu karıştırıyorum. = I’m mixing the dill / that specific dill.

Because with karıştırmak here, Turkish uses the pattern:

X’i Y’ye karıştırmak = to mix X into Y

So in this sentence:

• dereotunu = the thing being mixed
• yoğurda = into the yogurt

That means yoğurda is in the dative case, showing the target or destination of the mixing.

Karıştırıp comes from:

• karıştırmak = to mix
• -ıp / -ip / -up / -üp = a linking ending, often called a converb

Here it connects two actions done by the same subject:

• karıştırıp ... koyuyorum = mixing ... and putting ...
• more naturally in English: I mix ... and then put ...

Important point: karıştırıp does not carry its own person or tense marking. The main tense/person information comes from the final verb, koyuyorum.

Often it suggests sequence, but it can also simply link actions more loosely, like and, after, or by doing depending on context.

In this sentence, the natural idea is sequential:

1. mix the dill into the yogurt
2. put it on top of the radish

So and then works well here, but the Turkish ending itself is flexible.

Because Turkish often leaves out pronouns or objects when they are already clear from context.

In English, you would normally say put it on top of the radish. In Turkish, the object can be omitted if it is understood.

So here, the listener infers what is being put on top—most likely the yogurt mixture.

If you wanted to say it explicitly, you could say:

Ben dereotunu yoğurda karıştırıp onu turpun üstüne koyuyorum.

But very often onu is unnecessary.

This is a very common Turkish structure.

Break it down like this:

• turp = radish
• turpun = of the radish
• üstü = its top / the top of it
• üstüne = onto its top / on top of it

So turpun üstüne is literally something like:

onto the radish’s top

In natural English, that becomes:

on top of the radish or onto the radish

Turkish often uses this pattern with location words:

• masanın üstüne = onto the table
• kutunun içine = into the box
• evin önüne = to the front of the house

Because koymak involves movement toward a place.

• üstüne uses the dative idea: onto / to
• üstünde uses the locative idea: on / on top of

Compare:

• Turpun üstüne koyuyorum. = I’m putting it onto the radish.
• Turpun üstünde duruyor. = It is standing/sitting on top of the radish.

So koymak fits naturally with üstüne, not üstünde.

Koyuyorum breaks down as:

• koy- = put
• -uyor- = present continuous
• -um = I

So it means I am putting.

Depending on context, Turkish -iyor forms can also sound like step-by-step present narration, especially in demonstrations or recipes. So it can feel like:

• I’m putting
• I put
• I’m now putting

The exact English translation depends on context, but grammatically it is the present continuous form.

Because Turkish normally places the main finite verb at the end.

So the sentence structure is very naturally Turkish:

• Ben = I
• dereotunu = the dill
• yoğurda = into the yogurt
• karıştırıp = mixing / and mixing
• turpun üstüne = onto the radish
• koyuyorum = I am putting

English usually puts the verb earlier, but Turkish strongly prefers the final verb position.

In yoğurda, the letter ğ is not pronounced like a hard English g.

Usually, ğ:

• lengthens the preceding vowel, or
• creates a smooth glide between vowels

So yoğurda sounds roughly like yo-ur-da, not yog-ur-da.

The exact pronunciation can vary a bit by speaker, but the key point is: don’t pronounce a strong g sound.