Breakdown of Hazır yeni nevresimleri dolapta bulmuşken yatağı hemen hazırlayalım.
yeni
new
dolap
cupboard
yatak
bed
bulmak
to find
hemen
immediately / right away
hazırlamak
to prepare / to pack
hazır
since / now that (seizing the opportunity)
nevresim
duvet cover / bed linen
Questions & Answers about Hazır yeni nevresimleri dolapta bulmuşken yatağı hemen hazırlayalım.
How does bulmuşken mean "since we have already found"?
This is the focus of our current lesson: Verb + -mIş + -(y)ken. The suffix -mIş indicates a completed action or a pre-existing state (having found). The suffix -(y)ken means "while". Together, -mIşken creates an opportunistic meaning: "while we are in the state of having already done X" or "since we have already done X". So, bulmuşken means "since we have already found (them)".
I know hazır means "ready". Why is it at the beginning of the sentence here?
In Turkish, hazır is very frequently paired with the -mIşken structure. While it literally means "ready", in this context it acts as an adverbial phrase meaning "while we are at it" or "since the opportunity is already here". Saying Hazır ... bulmuşken strongly emphasizes "Since we already happen to have found...".
Why do both nevresimleri and yatağı have the accusative case endings?
They are both specific direct objects for their respective verbs in the sentence. Yeni nevresimler (the new duvet covers) is the specific object of bulmuşken, so it takes the accusative -i to become nevresimleri. Similarly, yatak (the bed) is the specific object of hazırlayalım, so it takes the accusative -ı to become yatağı (notice the consonant mutation from k to ğ).
What is the grammatical ending on hazırlayalım?
It uses the first-person plural optative ending -alım (or -elim). The root is hazırla- (to prepare). Because the root ends in a vowel, we add the buffer -y- before the suffix, making hazırlayalım. This is the standard Turkish structure for saying "let's [do something]".
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