Word
Başvuru yapmadan önce konsolosluk için bu evrakları hazırlamak lazım.
Meaning
Before applying, it is necessary to prepare these documents for the consulate.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Başvuru yapmadan önce konsolosluk için bu evrakları hazırlamak lazım.
bu
this
yapmak
to do / to make
önce
before / first / firstly
için
for
Questions & Answers about Başvuru yapmadan önce konsolosluk için bu evrakları hazırlamak lazım.
How does yapmadan önce mean "before applying"? I thought the -madan suffix meant "without".
You are right that -madan or -meden by itself means "without doing" an action. However, when you combine it with the word önce (before), the fixed phrase -madan önce translates to "before doing" that action.
Could we just use the verb başvurmak here instead of başvuru yapmak?
Yes, absolutely! Başvurmak is the verb "to apply," so you could say başvurmadan önce. This sentence uses başvuru yapmak, which literally means "to make an application." Both are very common and sound perfectly natural.
Why does evrakları have the accusative ending -ı at the end?
Because the documents are the specific direct object being prepared. The word bu (these) makes the documents specific, so evraklar must take the accusative case suffix to become evrakları before the verb hazırlamak.
I've heard the word evrak is already plural in its original Arabic. Why do we add the Turkish plural suffix -lar to it?