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Misafirlikten dönünce anahtarlığımı komodinin üstüne bıraktım ve gece lambasını açtım.
Meaning
When I came back from the visit, I left my keychain on top of the nightstand and turned on the night lamp.
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Breakdown of Misafirlikten dönünce anahtarlığımı komodinin üstüne bıraktım ve gece lambasını açtım.
benim
my
ve
and
bırakmak
to leave
-ten
from
Questions & Answers about Misafirlikten dönünce anahtarlığımı komodinin üstüne bıraktım ve gece lambasını açtım.
What does misafirlikten mean here, and why does it end in -ten?
Misafirlik means being a guest / visiting someone’s home. In this sentence, misafirlikten means from a visit or from being at someone else’s place as a guest.
The ending -ten is the ablative case, which often means from.
So:
- misafirlik = visiting as a guest
- misafirlikten = from a visit / from being out visiting people
This is a very natural Turkish way to express coming back from visiting someone.
Why is it dönünce and not just döndüm?
Dönünce means when (I) returned or upon returning.
It comes from the verb dönmek = to return / to turn back plus the suffix -ince / -unca, which creates a when/once/after doing meaning.
So:
- döndüm = I returned
- dönünce = when I returned / after returning
In this sentence, Misafirlikten dönünce... sets the time for the main actions:
- I came back from visiting someone,
- then I left my keychain on the dresser,
- and turned on the night lamp.