Word
Turnikeden geçer geçmez sağdaki perona git; yanlış perona inersen aktarma zor oluyor.
Meaning
As soon as you pass through the turnstile, go to the platform on the right; if you end up on the wrong platform, transferring becomes difficult.
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Breakdown of Turnikeden geçer geçmez sağdaki perona git; yanlış perona inersen aktarma zor oluyor.
olmak
to be
gitmek
to go
zor
difficult
yanlış
wrong
Questions & Answers about Turnikeden geçer geçmez sağdaki perona git; yanlış perona inersen aktarma zor oluyor.
What does turnikeden mean, and why does it end in -den?
Turnikeden = turnike + -den.
- turnike = turnstile
- -den = the ablative ending, often meaning from, out of, or sometimes marking the thing you pass through
So turnikeden geçmek means to pass through the turnstile.
In English we usually say through, but Turkish often uses this structure with geçmek.
Why does Turkish say geçer geçmez? Why is the verb repeated?
This is a very common Turkish pattern:
- geçer geçmez = as soon as (someone) passes
- literally it looks like the verb is repeated in two forms, but together it acts like a fixed expression meaning immediately after
You will see the same pattern in many other phrases:
- gelir gelmez = as soon as he/she comes
- biter bitmez = as soon as it ends
- duyar duymaz = as soon as he/she hears
So Turnikeden geçer geçmez... means As soon as you go through the turnstile...
Could geçer geçmez be replaced by geçince?