Word
Hazır yeni nevresimleri dolapta bulmuşken yatağı hemen hazırlayalım.
Meaning
Since we have already found the new duvet covers in the closet, let's prepare the bed right away.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Hazır yeni nevresimleri dolapta bulmuşken yatağı hemen hazırlayalım.
yeni
new
dolap
cupboard
yatak
bed
bulmak
to find
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).