Breakdown of Ürünler gelince onları bantta dikkatli paketleyin.
o
that / he / she / it
gelmek
to come
dikkatli
careful
ürün
product
Questions & Answers about Ürünler gelince onları bantta dikkatli paketleyin.
How does gelince mean 'as soon as they arrive' without any person or tense endings?
The suffix -ince (or -unca, -ünce, -ınca) attaches directly to the verb root gel- (to arrive/come) to mean 'when' or 'as soon as'. In Turkish, this kind of time-clause verb doesn't need person or tense endings; it gets its context from the main verb at the end of the sentence.
Why is it onları instead of just onlar?
onlar means 'they' or 'those'. Because the products are the specific items receiving the action of being packaged, they form a specific direct object. We add the accusative case suffix -ı to show this, making it onları (them).
Why does 'on the belt' use -ta in bantta instead of the usual -da?
This is due to consonant harmony. The word bant (belt/tape) ends in the hard consonant 't'. When adding a suffix that starts with 'd' (like the locative -da meaning in/on/at), the 'd' changes to a hard 't' to match.
Doesn't dikkatli mean the adjective 'careful'? Why is it used as 'carefully' here?