Toplantı uzayınca bir gofret yedim, sonra çay içtim.

Here -ınca means something like when, once, or because/as a result of in context.

• uzamak = to get longer, to drag on
• uzayınca = when it got longer / when it dragged on / since it dragged on

So Toplantı uzayınca... means:

• When the meeting dragged on...
• or Since the meeting went long...

The exact English wording depends on context, but the Turkish structure is very common for linking one event to what follows.

Because Turkish adds this ending to the verb stem, not to the dictionary form.

The verb is:

• uzamak = to become long, to last longer

Its stem is:

• uza-

Then Turkish adds -yınca after a vowel-final stem:

• uza- + yınca → uzayınca

That y is a buffer consonant, used to make pronunciation smoother.

A similar pattern:

• bekle- → bekleyince = when he/she waited
• ara- → arayınca = when he/she called

If the stem ends in a consonant, you usually just get -ınca / -ince / -unca / -ünce without that buffer y.

No—here uzayınca is not related to uzay meaning space.

It comes from the verb uzamak:

• uzamak = to become long, to drag on
• stem: uza-
• uzayınca = when it dragged on

So although uzay is a real Turkish word meaning space, that is unrelated here.

This is a very common question.

• uzamak = to become longer, to drag on
  
  • usually intransitive
  • the subject itself becomes long
• uzatmak = to lengthen something, to make something longer
  
  • usually transitive
  • someone causes something else to become long

In this sentence:

• Toplantı uzayınca... = when the meeting went long / dragged on

The meeting itself is the thing becoming longer, so uzamak is the natural choice.

If you used uzatmak, it would suggest someone actively extended the meeting:

• Toplantıyı uzatınca... = when he/she/they prolonged the meeting...

That is a different meaning.

Because toplantı is the subject of uzayınca, and subjects are normally in the basic form in Turkish.

• toplantı = the meeting
• toplantı uzayınca = when the meeting dragged on

There is no extra subject marking needed here.

As for the other forms:

• uzayınca is a natural when/once/since connector
• uzadıysa would mean something more like if it got longer / if it did go long, which is a different idea

So toplantı uzayınca is the normal way to say when the meeting ran long.

Here bir means a / one.

• gofret = wafer bar / wafer snack
• bir gofret = a wafer bar / one wafer

So:

• bir gofret yedim = I ate a wafer

In Turkish, bir is often used where English uses a/an, especially when introducing a single countable item.

Without bir, gofret yedim can still be grammatical, but it may sound a bit less like a wafer and more like I ate wafer / I had some wafer, depending on context.

Because çay here is being treated as an uncountable drink, like tea in English.

• çay içtim = I drank tea / I had tea

That is very natural in Turkish.

You can say bir çay içtim, but that usually means:

• I had a tea
• more specifically, one tea / a cup of tea

So the difference is similar to English:

• tea = the drink in general
• a tea = one serving

Both are possible, but çay içtim is very natural in this sentence.

Both are in the simple past tense.

• ye-dim = I ate
• iç-ti-m = I drank

Breakdown:

yedim

• verb: yemek = to eat
• stem used here: ye-
• -di = past tense
• -m = I

So yedim = I ate

içtim

• verb: içmek = to drink
• stem: iç-
• -ti = past tense (a voicing variant of -di)
• -m = I

So içtim = I drank

This is the standard definite past in Turkish.

This is due to consonant voicing harmony in the past tense suffix.

The past tense suffix appears in forms like:

• -dı, -di, -du, -dü
• -tı, -ti, -tu, -tü

After certain voiceless consonants, Turkish uses t instead of d.

• iç- ends in ç, which is voiceless
  → içtim
• ye- ends in a vowel
  → yedim

This is a very common sound pattern in Turkish.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but this order is the most neutral and natural here.

The basic pattern is:

• [object] [verb]
• bir gofret yedim
• çay içtim

And sonra means then / afterward.

So:

• bir gofret yedim, sonra çay içtim
• literally: I ate a wafer, then drank tea

You could also hear:

• Sonra çay içtim.
• Çayı sonra içtim. (more contrastive/emphatic, depending on context)

But the original sentence is very standard and neutral.

Sonra means then, after that, or later.

In this sentence it connects the two actions in sequence:

1. bir gofret yedim
2. sonra çay içtim

So the idea is:

• I ate a wafer, then I drank tea.

It is a very common adverb for narrating events.

It can suggest both time and cause, depending on context.

Time reading

• When the meeting dragged on, I ate a wafer...

Cause/result reading

• Since the meeting dragged on, I ate a wafer...
• Because the meeting was taking long, I ate a wafer...

In real Turkish, these meanings often overlap. The sentence suggests:

• the meeting kept going
• as a result, I ate something
• then I drank tea

So -ınca often works like when/once/since all at once, and context tells you which English translation sounds best.

Not usually as the best translation.

Toplantı uzayınca most naturally means:

• when the meeting went long
• when the meeting dragged on
• when the meeting ran over

Was prolonged sounds more passive and often suggests that someone deliberately extended it. Turkish would more likely use a different structure if that were the main idea.

So for a learner, it is better to understand uzayınca here as:

• when it lasted longer than expected
• when it dragged on

Because Turkish usually does not need subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person.

• yedim = I ate
• içtim = I drank

The -m ending tells you the subject is I.

You could say ben bir gofret yedim, but that would usually add emphasis, such as:

• I ate a wafer
• As for me, I ate a wafer

Without emphasis, Turkish normally leaves ben out.

Gofret is a normal Turkish word for a wafer snack, often a packaged wafer bar, sometimes chocolate-covered.

So bir gofret yedim sounds like:

• I ate a wafer bar
• I had a wafer snack

It is a very everyday kind of word, especially for a quick snack during a long meeting.

Yes. A helpful breakdown is:

1. Toplantı

• the meeting

2. uzayınca

• when it dragged on / when it went long
• from uzamak

3. bir gofret

• a wafer

4. yedim

• I ate

5. sonra

• then / afterward

6. çay

• tea

7. içtim

• I drank / I had

So the structure is:

• [When the meeting dragged on] [I ate a wafer], [then] [I drank tea].

That is a very typical Turkish sentence pattern: a subordinate clause first, then the main actions.