Bu dergiyi görünce okumadan edemiyorum.

this

Breakdown of Bu dergiyi görünce okumadan edemiyorum.

• görmek: to see
• dergi: the magazine
• -ince: when

Questions & Answers about Bu dergiyi görünce okumadan edemiyorum.

What is the sentence broken down literally?

A very close breakdown is:

• Bu dergiyi = this magazine
  • definite object marker
• görünce = when/once I see
• okumadan = without reading
• edemiyorum = I can’t do/manage

So the literal sense is:

• When I see this magazine, I can’t manage without reading it

In natural English, this becomes something like:

• Whenever I see this magazine, I can’t help reading it.

Why does dergi become dergiyi?

Because it is a definite direct object.

In Turkish, when a direct object is specific or definite, it usually takes the accusative ending:

• dergi = magazine
• dergiyi = the magazine / this specific magazine

Here, bu dergi is already specific because of bu (this), so the object takes the accusative:

• Bu dergiyi görünce... = When I see this magazine...

This is very normal Turkish grammar.

Is görünce from görmek or from görünmek?