Breakdown of Üniversitede çalışıyorken saygın bir dâhi olarak biliniyordu.
bir
a / an
çalışmak
to work / to study
bilmek
to know
üniversite
university
Questions & Answers about Üniversitede çalışıyorken saygın bir dâhi olarak biliniyordu.
The lesson is about hatta (even / in fact). How could we add hatta to this sentence to escalate the meaning?
You can use hatta to add an escalating or surprising detail to her reputation. For example, to say "she was known as a respected genius, in fact a living legend," you would add it before the escalated term: Üniversitede çalışıyorken saygın bir dâhi, hatta yaşayan bir efsane olarak biliniyordu.
Why use çalışıyorken instead of just çalışırken?
Both are grammatically correct and mean "while working," but there is a slight nuance. Çalışırken uses the aorist tense and sounds like a general "while she worked." Çalışıyorken uses the continuous suffix -ıyor before -ken, which emphasizes the ongoing, active duration of her employment at the university.
How exactly does olarak translate to "as"?
The word olarak comes from the verb olmak (to be) combined with the adverbial suffix -arak (by doing / in the state of doing). Together, olarak is the standard way to say "as" or "in the capacity of" in English. So, dâhi olarak simply means "as a genius."
Let's break down the verb biliniyordu. How do we get "was known" from bilmek (to know)?