Breakdown of Bant durunca montaj bitiyor.
durmak
to stop, to stand
bitmek
to finish / to end
bant
conveyor belt
montaj
assembly
Questions & Answers about Bant durunca montaj bitiyor.
How is the "when" meaning created in durunca?
The suffix -ınca (which changes to -ince, -unca, or -ünce depending on vowel harmony) attaches directly to a verb stem to mean "when" or "as soon as". Here, we add it to the verb stem dur- (to stop). Because dur- has the vowel "u", the suffix becomes -unca.
How do we know what is stopping, since durunca doesn't have a personal ending like "-um" or "-sun"?
The -ınca suffix does not take personal endings. You have to look at the context or the subject provided in the sentence to know who or what is doing the action. Here, the noun bant (belt) is placed right before the verb, making it clear that the belt is the thing stopping.
The English translation says "finishes", which is a general fact. Why does Turkish use the present continuous tense bitiyor instead of the simple present (aorist) tense?
While Turkish does have a specific tense for general facts (the aorist, which would make the verb biter here), the present continuous tense (-iyor) is very frequently used in its place for everyday facts, routines, and rules. Both are perfectly correct, but bitiyor is extremely common in modern Turkish for this kind of statement.
I learned the word for "belt" as kemer. Why is bant used here?