İştahım olmayınca baklavadan bile bir lokma almak istemiyorum; mide bulantısı geçerse sonra yerim.

İştahım means my appetite.

It is made of:

• iştah = appetite
• -ım = my

So:

• iştah → appetite
• iştahım → my appetite

This is a very common Turkish possessive pattern:

• kitap → book
• kitabım → my book

In this sentence, İştahım olmayınca is essentially when I don’t have an appetite or since I have no appetite.

Olmayınca comes from the verb olmak = to be, to become, to happen.

Its parts are:

• ol- = be / become
• -ma- = negation
• -yınca = when / once / since / if in that circumstance

So:

• olmayınca = when it is not / when there isn’t / since there isn’t

In this sentence, İştahım olmayınca literally looks like when my appetite is not there, but natural English is:

• when I don’t have an appetite
• since I have no appetite

So -ınca / -ince often gives a time meaning, but in real usage it can also sound causal, like since or because.

Because Turkish often uses the ablative ending -dan / -den for a partitive idea: a piece/bite/some of something.

Here:

• baklava = baklava
• baklavadan = from baklava / of baklava

So baklavadan bir lokma almak is literally something like:

• to take one bite from the baklava
• more naturally, to take even a bite of baklava

This is very common with portions:

• pastadan bir dilim = a slice of cake
• çorbadan biraz = a little soup
• ekmekten bir parça = a piece of bread

So the -dan here is not really best translated word-for-word; it helps express a part taken from a whole.

Bile means even.

In baklavadan bile, it adds emphasis:

• baklavadan bile bir lokma almak istemiyorum
• I don’t even want to take a bite of baklava

The idea is that baklava is something desirable, so if the speaker does not even want that, their lack of appetite or nausea must be serious.

A useful point: bile usually comes after the word or phrase it emphasizes.

Here it emphasizes baklavadan:

• even baklava
• or more naturally in English, not even a bite of baklava

Bir lokma means:

• one bite
• one morsel
• one mouthful

Almak literally means to take, so bir lokma almak literally means to take a bite.

This is a natural Turkish expression. It is similar to English, where we also say take a bite rather than always eat one bite.

So:

• bir lokma almak = to take a bite
• bir lokma bile almak istemiyorum = I don’t even want to take a single bite

You could also hear other expressions with lokma, but this one is very common and idiomatic.

İstemiyorum is the -yor form, which often corresponds to the English present:

• I don’t want
• I’m not wanting is not natural English, but Turkish uses this form for present states very often

So:

• istemiyorum = I don’t want

By contrast, istemem is more like:

• I don’t want
• I won’t want
• I generally don’t
• I would not

It can sound more general, firmer, or more habitual depending on context.

In this sentence, istemiyorum fits well because the speaker is talking about their current physical condition right now:

• no appetite
• nausea
• therefore, right now, they don’t want any

Mide bulantısı means nausea.

It is a noun compound:

• mide = stomach
• bulantı = nausea / queasiness
• bulantısı = its nausea, but in compounds this ending is normal

So mide bulantısı is a standard Turkish compound meaning something like:

• stomach nausea
• more naturally, nausea

This pattern is very common in Turkish:

• baş ağrısı = headache
• diş ağrısı = toothache
• göz rengi = eye color

So the -sı here does not mean a separate full possessive in the English sense; it is part of the compound structure.

Geçerse comes from geçmek, which often means to pass, to go away, or to subside when talking about symptoms.

Its parts are:

• geç- = pass / go away
• -erse = if / when

So:

• mide bulantısı geçerse = if the nausea goes away
• or when the nausea passes

This is a very common Turkish way to talk about symptoms:

• Ağrım geçti = my pain went away
• Baş dönmesi geçerse = if the dizziness passes
• Öksürük geçmedi = the cough didn’t go away

English often uses verbs like go away or stop, while Turkish often uses geçmek.

Yerim is from the verb yemek = to eat.

Here it is the aorist form:

• yerim = I eat / I will eat

After a conditional clause like geçerse (if it passes), Turkish very often uses the aorist for what English would express as a future:

• Mide bulantısı geçerse sonra yerim
• If the nausea goes away, I’ll eat later

So even though yerim is not the explicit future form, it sounds very natural here.

You could also say:

• Mide bulantısı geçerse sonra yiyeceğim

That also makes sense, but yerim is shorter and very idiomatic after an if/when clause.

No, Turkish word order is fairly flexible, but the chosen order sounds natural and gives good emphasis.

The sentence is:

• İştahım olmayınca baklavadan bile bir lokma almak istemiyorum; mide bulantısı geçerse sonra yerim.

A few things are worth noticing:

• baklavadan bile stays together because bile follows what it emphasizes
• bir lokma almak also works as a natural phrase
• geçerse comes before the result clause, which is very common in Turkish

Turkish often moves things around for emphasis, but not every rearrangement sounds equally natural. For learners, it is best to keep this sentence’s order as a model:

• reason first
• then the thing not wanted
• then the condition
• then the result

In practice, it can suggest more than one of those, which is normal in Turkish.

İştahım olmayınca literally has a when/once flavor, but in context it often feels like:

• since I have no appetite
• when I don’t have an appetite
• if I don’t have an appetite

Here, because the speaker is explaining their current situation, English usually prefers:

• Since I have no appetite... or
• When I don’t have an appetite...

So the exact translation depends on context, but the Turkish is very natural and slightly broader than any one single English option.