Turkish

<p>
	In this lesson, you will learn about the copula <strong>-(y)ken</strong>. 
	This suffix creates adverbs out of verbs and make adjectives/nouns predicates. Its meaning is close to "when" or "while".
</p>
<p>
	It combines with many other suffixes, but for now we will only see it with aorist and adjectives/nouns. <strong>-(y)ken</strong> does not take personal markers, 
	so we have to express the subject at the beginning of the sentence. Let's see how:
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        <tr>
            <th>Turkish</th>
            <th>English</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
			<td>Ben çocuk<strong>ken</strong> (...)</td>
            <td>When I was a kid (...)</td>
        </tr>        
		<tr>
			<td>Sen yolda koşar<strong>ken</strong> (...)</td>
            <td>While you were running on the road (...)</td>
        </tr>
		 <tr>
			<td>Kamil arabaya bakar<strong>ken</strong> (...)</td>
            <td>While Kamil was looking at the car (...)</td>
        </tr>    
    </tbody>
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<p>
	As in other suffixes beginning with <strong>(y)</strong>, the <strong>y</strong> appears when the suffix is preceded by a vowel.
</p>
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    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Turkish</th>
            <th>English</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
			<td>Ülkemiz bu halde<strong>yken (...)</strong></td>
            <td>When our country is in this condition (...)</td>
        </tr>          
    </tbody>
</table>

The suffix -(y)ken

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	Kamil yere düşerken hepimiz ona baktık.
Meaning	While Kamil was falling to the floor, all of us looked at him.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	The suffix -(y)ken

he	o
to look; to look at	bakmak
to fall	düşmek
place, location; ground, floor	yer
all of us	hepimiz

Turkish - Kamil yere düşerken hepimiz ona baktık.

Breakdown of Kamil yere düşerken hepimiz ona baktık.

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