Breakdown of Yoga yapmadan önce ruhum rahatlıyor.
yapmak
to do / to make
önce
before / first / firstly
yoga
yoga
rahatlamak
to relax
Questions & Answers about Yoga yapmadan önce ruhum rahatlıyor.
How does yapmadan önce translate to "before doing"?
To say "before doing [action]" in Turkish, you add the suffix -madan or -meden to the verb root, followed by the word önce (before). Here, we take the root of yapmak (to do), which is yap, and add -madan önce.
Why do we use -madan instead of -meden here?
This suffix follows 2-way vowel harmony. Because the last vowel in the verb root yap is a back vowel (a, ı, o, u), we use -madan. If the verb root had a front vowel (e, i, ö, ü), like gitmek (to go), it would be gitmeden önce.
There is no "I" or "my" on yapmadan. How do we know who is doing the yoga?
The -madan önce structure doesn't take personal endings to show who is doing the action. We figure it out from the context of the sentence. Because the speaker says ruhum (my soul), it is naturally understood that the speaker is also the one doing the yoga.
The dictionary form of the verb is rahatlamak (to relax). Why is it spelled rahatlıyor instead of rahatlayor?