Breakdown of Eski dövmemi sildirecekken mavi mürekkeple yeni bir ad ekledim.
bir
a / an
yeni
new
ad
name
mavi
blue
Questions & Answers about Eski dövmemi sildirecekken mavi mürekkeple yeni bir ad ekledim.
How does sildirecekken mean "just as I was about to have removed"?
It combines the future tense suffix -ecek (going to) with the adverbial suffix -ken (while/when). Together, -ecekken means "while I was going to" or "just as I was about to". It perfectly expresses an intention that gets interrupted or replaced by the action in the main clause (ekledim).
Why use sildirecekken instead of just silecekken?
The base verb silmek means to wipe or erase. If you used silecekken, it would imply you were going to erase the tattoo yourself. Adding the causative suffix -dir makes it sildirmek (to have something erased). Since a professional usually removes a tattoo, the causative form is needed here.
Why is there an extra -i at the end of dövmemi?
That is the accusative case marker for specific direct objects. The root is dövme (tattoo), plus the possessive -m (my), making dövmem. Because "my old tattoo" is the specific thing receiving the action of being removed, it takes the accusative -i suffix.
What does the -le at the end of mürekkeple do?