Breakdown of Suflör metni okuduğunda oyuncu rahatladı.
okumak
to read
oyuncu
actor / player
rahatlamak
to relax
metin
text
suflör
prompter
Questions & Answers about Suflör metni okuduğunda oyuncu rahatladı.
How does okuduğunda translate to "when (he) read"?
It uses the exact time clause structure you are currently learning. You take the verb root oku, add the suffix -duk (which softens to -duğ because a vowel follows), then add the 3rd person possessive -u (his/her), and finally the locative case -nda (at/in). Literally, it translates to "at the time of his reading".
Since there are two different people here, how do we know who is doing the reading?
The subject of the "when" clause is suflör, which sits at the start of the sentence and matches the 3rd person possessive suffix -u on okuduğunda (the prompter's reading). The main subject of the sentence, oyuncu, comes after that clause to perform the main verb rahatladı (the actor relaxed).
Why is the word for text written as metni instead of metin?
It has the accusative case suffix -i because it is a specific direct object ("the text"). The word metin is one of several Turkish nouns that drop their narrow second vowel when a suffix starting with a vowel is added. So, metin + -i becomes metni.
How is the verb rahatladı formed?
It is built from the noun/adjective rahat (comfortable or relaxed). The suffix -la turns it into the verb rahatlamak (to relax). Finally, the past tense suffix -dı is added to make rahatladı (relaxed).
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