Questions & Answers about Otobüs beklerken kitap okuyorum.
What does beklerken mean, and what does -ken do?
-ken adds the idea of while or when.
So beklerken means while waiting or when waiting. In this sentence, it connects two actions happening at the same time:
- otobüs beklerken = while waiting for the bus / a bus
- kitap okuyorum = I am reading a book / I am reading
So the structure is basically While doing X, I am doing Y.
How is beklerken formed from beklemek?
It is formed from the verb beklemek (to wait) using its common aorist stem plus -ken:
- beklemek → bekler → beklerken
So:
- bekler = the aorist form/stem
- -ken = while/when
This is a very common pattern in Turkish:
- gelirken = while coming
- giderken = while going
- okurken = while reading
- yaparken = while doing
You do not normally build this with the full -yor form. Turkish prefers this -ken structure.
Why is there no word for I in the sentence?