Babaanne gelince salondaki avizeyi fark etti ve çok beğendi.

Babaanne specifically means paternal grandmother in Turkish: your father’s mother.

Turkish often distinguishes:

• babaanne = father’s mother
• anneanne = mother’s mother

In context, babaanne can also function like a title or role, similar to Grandma in English. Depending on the broader context, it may mean Grandma rather than the grandmother in a neutral sense.

Gelince comes from the verb gelmek = to come.

It is made from:

• gel- = come
• -ince = a suffix meaning when / once / upon

So gelince means:

• when she came
• when Grandma came
• upon arriving

This suffix creates a time clause without needing a separate word for when.

In Turkish, forms like -ince do not usually mark person directly. The subject is understood from context.

So in Babaanne gelince, the noun babaanne tells you who is doing the action:

• Babaanne gelince = When Grandma came

If the subject were already known, Turkish could even omit it.

Salondaki means the one in the living room / the one that is in the living room.

It is built from:

• salon = living room / hall / lounge
• -da / -de = in
• -ki = the one that is in / located in

So:

• salonda = in the living room
• salondaki = the one in the living room

Here it modifies avizeyi, so:

• salondaki avizeyi = the chandelier in the living room

Avizeyi has the accusative case ending because it is a specific direct object.

Breakdown:

• avize = chandelier
• avizeyi = the chandelier

In Turkish, a definite/specific object often takes the accusative ending:

• avize = a chandelier / chandelier
• avizeyi = the chandelier / that chandelier

Because Grandma noticed and liked a particular chandelier, Turkish uses avizeyi.

This is because Turkish uses a buffer consonant y when a vowel-initial suffix is added to a word ending in a vowel.

• avize ends in a vowel
• the accusative suffix here is -i
• so Turkish inserts y: avize + y + i = avizeyi

This is very common:

• masa → masayı
• kapı → kapıyı
• avize → avizeyi

Fark etti means noticed.

It comes from the expression fark etmek, which literally is something like to make/recognize a difference, but in actual usage it means:

• to notice
• to realize
• to become aware of

So:

• avizeyi fark etti = she noticed the chandelier

This is a very common Turkish verb phrase made from a noun + etmek.

Because fark etmek is a compound verb formed with a noun plus the auxiliary verb etmek.

So it is written separately:

• fark etmek = to notice
• yardım etmek = to help
• kontrol etmek = to check

In the past tense:

• fark etti = noticed

This is normal spelling for many Turkish compound verbs.

Fark etti is in the simple past tense.

Breakdown:

• et- = do/make
• -ti = past tense marker

Because of consonant voicing and sound harmony, the suffix appears here as -ti.

So fark etti means:

• she noticed
• Grandma noticed

The subject is understood from context.

Beğendi means liked.

It comes from:

• beğenmek = to like, to find pleasing, to admire

So:

• çok beğendi = liked it very much / really liked it

In this sentence, the object of beğendi is understood to be the same chandelier mentioned earlier.

Turkish often omits objects when they are already clear from context.

Here:

• salondaki avizeyi fark etti = she noticed the chandelier in the living room
• ve çok beğendi = and liked it very much

English usually needs it, but Turkish can leave it out because the listener naturally understands that the chandelier is still the object.

Çok means very or a lot, and it usually comes before the word it modifies.

So:

• çok beğendi = liked very much / really liked

This is the normal Turkish order.

Turkish commonly puts the verb near the end of the clause.

This sentence follows a very natural Turkish pattern:

• Babaanne gelince = when Grandma came
• salondaki avizeyi = the chandelier in the living room
• fark etti = noticed
• ve çok beğendi = and liked it very much

So Turkish often looks like:

• time expression + object + verb

English usually prefers:

• When Grandma came, she noticed the chandelier in the living room and liked it very much.

Not always. Salon can mean:

• living room
• lounge
• hall
• salon in some contexts

In an ordinary home context, salondaki avize is most naturally understood as the chandelier in the living room.

Yes. Gelince can often be translated in several natural ways depending on style:

• when Grandma came
• when Grandma arrived
• upon Grandma’s arrival
• once Grandma came

In English, arrived may sound slightly smoother in some contexts, but the Turkish form itself is neutral.

Yes. Ve is the normal Turkish word for and.

Here it connects two actions done by the same subject:

• she noticed the chandelier
• and she liked it very much

So ve works exactly as and does in this sentence.