Kütüphaneye gelmişken bu kitabı da geri vereyim.

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Breakdown of Kütüphaneye gelmişken bu kitabı da geri vereyim.

• gelmek: to come
• kitap: the book
• da: also

Questions & Answers about Kütüphaneye gelmişken bu kitabı da geri vereyim.

Why is kütüphane written as kütüphaneye here?

Because gelmek normally takes the dative case when it means to come to a place.

• kütüphane = library
• kütüphaneye = to the library

So:

• Kütüphaneye gelmek = to come to the library

The ending is -(y)e / -(y)a, the Turkish dative suffix. The extra y appears because the noun ends in a vowel.

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What does gelmişken mean exactly?

Gelmişken means something like:

• since I’ve come
• now that I’m here
• while I’m at it, since I came

It often gives an opportunity or might as well feeling. The speaker is saying that coming to the library creates a good chance to do one more thing.

So the idea is not just I came, but more like:

• Since I’m already here, I may as well return this book too.

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Why is it gelmişken and not gelirken?