Word
Harcı ödeyeceğiniz zaman vezneye gideceksiniz.
Meaning
When you pay the fee, you will go to the cashier.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Harcı ödeyeceğiniz zaman vezneye gideceksiniz.
zaman
time
gitmek
to go
ödemek
to pay
harç
fee (official) / duty
Questions & Answers about Harcı ödeyeceğiniz zaman vezneye gideceksiniz.
Why do we use the future suffix in ödeyeceğiniz zaman when the English translation just says "when you pay"?
In Turkish, to say "when" for a specific event that hasn't happened yet, we use the future participle -(y)ecek + a possessive suffix + zaman. Literally, this means "at the time of your future paying." English often uses the present tense for future "when" clauses, but Turkish strictly marks it as a future event.
What is the exact breakdown of the word ödeyeceğiniz?
It comes from the verb ödemek (to pay). We add the buffer -y-, then the future suffix -ecek. Because it is followed by the possessive suffix -iniz ("your", matching the formal/plural "you"), the k at the end of -ecek softens to a ğ. So it breaks down as öde-y-eceğ-iniz (your future paying).
Why is the word for fee written as harcı instead of harç?
Two things are happening here. First, harç (fee/charge) takes the accusative case suffix -ı because it is the specific direct object of the verb ödemek (you are paying the fee). Second, adding a vowel suffix causes the hard consonant ç at the end of harç to soften into a c.
Is there a difference in meaning between ödeyeceğiniz zaman and ödeyince?