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:
</p>
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    <thead>
        <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>
</table>
<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	Doktorlar hastalarla konuşurken çok dikkatli olurlar.
Meaning	When speaking with patients, doctors are very careful.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

very	çok
ill, sick	hasta
to be, to become, to happen	olmak
to speak, to talk; to discuss	konuşmak
doctor	doktor
careful, attentive, cautious	dikkatli

Turkish

Doktorlar hastalarla konuşurken çok dikkatli olurlar.

Breakdown of Doktorlar hastalarla konuşurken çok dikkatli olurlar.

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