Breakdown of Siz toplantıya başlamadan önce, ben kahvemi yudumluyor olacağım.
ben
I
siz
you (plural/formal)
kahve
coffee
başlamak
to begin, to start
olmak
to be
toplantı
meeting
önce
before / first / firstly
yudumlamak
to sip
Questions & Answers about Siz toplantıya başlamadan önce, ben kahvemi yudumluyor olacağım.
How exactly does the future continuous tense work in yudumluyor olacağım?
It combines the present continuous suffix -Iyor on the main verb (yudumluyor) with the future tense of the helper verb olmak (olacağım). Just like in English, the main verb acts like the '-ing' part and the helper verb acts as 'will be'. The personal ending for ben (I) only goes on the helper verb, which is why it becomes olacağım.
Why is it yudumluyor instead of yudumlayor?
The root verb is yudumlamak (to sip). When a verb root ends in the wide vowels 'a' or 'e', that vowel narrows when adding the -Iyor suffix. Because of vowel harmony with the preceding 'u', the 'a' in yudumla- narrows to a 'u', making it yudumluyor.
Why doesn't başlamadan have a personal ending to match Siz (you)?
The structure -mAdAn önce (before doing something) is a fixed verbal form that never takes personal suffixes. To specify who is doing the action, you simply place the subject pronoun before it, which is why Siz is needed at the beginning of the clause.
Why does toplantı (meeting) take the dative suffix to become toplantıya?
In Turkish, the verb başlamak (to start or begin) always governs the dative case (-a/-e). You must always attach the dative suffix to the thing that is being started, thinking of it logically as 'starting to the meeting'.
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