Breakdown of Çamurlu yolda yürüyünce ayakkabılarım kirleniyor.
benim
my
yol
the road
yürümek
to walk
ayakkabı
the shoe
Questions & Answers about Çamurlu yolda yürüyünce ayakkabılarım kirleniyor.
What does yürüyünce mean, and how is it formed?
Yürüyünce comes from yürümek meaning to walk.
It breaks down like this:
- yürü- = walk
- -yince / -yünce = when, once, whenever
Because the verb stem ends in a vowel, Turkish adds a buffer y before the suffix, so:
yürü + yünce → yürüyünce
In this sentence, yürüyünce means when walking / when I walk / whenever I walk, depending on context.
Does -yünce mean when or if here?
Usually it means when, once, or whenever. In some contexts, English may translate it as if, but the basic idea is a time/condition link.
In this sentence, the most natural English idea is:
When / whenever I walk on the muddy road, my shoes get dirty.
So it is not a pure hypothetical if in the same way English sometimes uses if. It is more like whenever this happens, that happens.
Why is there no word for I in yürüyünce?