Questions & Answers about Toplantı uzayınca biraz kraker yedik.
What does uzayınca mean here?
Uzayınca comes from the verb uzamak, which means to get longer, to last longer, or to drag on.
So in this sentence, toplantı uzayınca means something like:
- when the meeting went on too long
- when the meeting ran long
- since the meeting dragged on
The ending -ınca / -ince / -unca / -ünce often gives the idea of when, once, or sometimes because/as a result of, depending on context.
How is uzayınca built grammatically?
It breaks down like this:
- uza- = verb stem from uzamak
- -y- = buffer consonant
- -ınca = a suffix meaning when / once
So:
- uzamak = to become longer
- uzayınca = when it became longer / when it ran long
The y appears because the stem ends in a vowel and the suffix also begins with a vowel. Turkish often inserts y to connect them smoothly.
Why is it -ınca and not -ince?