Teyzem gelene kadar çay sıcak kalacak.

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Breakdown of Teyzem gelene kadar çay sıcak kalacak.

• sıcak: hot
• benim: my
• gelmek: to come

Questions & Answers about Teyzem gelene kadar çay sıcak kalacak.

What does teyzem mean exactly?

Teyzem = teyze + -m.

• teyze = maternal aunt
• -m = my

So teyzem means my aunt on my mother’s side. Turkish makes this distinction clearly:

• teyze = mother’s sister
• hala = father’s sister

How is gelene kadar built?

It is a very common Turkish pattern meaning until.

Here is the breakdown:

• gel- = come
• -en = a participle suffix, roughly coming / who comes
• -e = dative ending
• kadar = until / up to

So gelene kadar functions as until she comes or until my aunt comes.

You do not need to translate each piece too literally every time; it is best learned as the pattern:

• verb + -(y)ene kadar = until someone does...

Examples:

• Ben gelene kadar = until I come
• O bitene kadar = until it finishes
• Yağmur dinene kadar = until the rain stops

Why is it gelene kadar and not gelince?