When / While
LONG ACTIONS
Süreklilik gösteren/zaman alan fiiller
SHORT ACTIONS
Anlık/zaman almayan fiiller
LONG ACTIONS:
Süreklilik gösteren/zaman alan fiiller
Study (v): ders çalışmak “zaman alan, uzun süren bir eylem”
Read (v): okumak
Sleep (v): uyumak
Play (v): oynamak
Watch (v): izlemek, seyretmek
Wash (v): yıkamak
SHORT ACTIONS
Anlık/zaman almayan fiiller,
Cut (v): kesmek “birden bire,anlık, olup biten, kısa süren bir eylem”
Break (v): kırmak
Start (v): başlamak
Open (v): açmak
Fall (v): düşmek
Catch (v): yakalamak
WHEN
SHORT ACTIONS
Anlık, zaman almayan, kısa süren, bir anda olup biten fiiller
When + simple past tense “Özne + fiil2 + nesne”
V1
Break
Start
V2
broke
started
When: - dığı zaman
Cut: kesmek
Realise: anlamak
Miss: kaçırmak
Tear: yırtmak
Catch: yakalamak
Start: başlamak
finish: bitirmek
Throw: atmak
Fall: düşmek
Break: kırmak
When the teacher entered the class,
“Öğretmen sınıfa girdiği zaman,”
“Öğretmen sınıfa girdiğinde,”
When he cut his finger,
“parmağını kestiği zaman,”
“parmağını kestiğinde,”
When he realised his mistake,
“Hatasını farkettiği zaman,”
“Hatasını farkettiğinde,”
When the baby tore the money,
“Bebek parayı yırttığı zaman,”
“Bebek parayı yırttığında,”
When they missed the bus,
“Otobüsü kaçırdıkları zaman,”
“Otobüsü kaçırdıklarında,”
When you caught the bus,
“Otobüse yetiştiğin zaman,”
“Otobüse yetiştiğinde,”
When you started your work,
“İşinize başladığınız zaman,”
“İşinize başladığınızda,”
When she closed the door,
“Kapıyı kapattığı zaman,”
“Kapıyı kapattığında,”
When she closed the door, I was washing the dishes.
When you started your work, we were driving home.
Past continuous tense
When they missed the bus, they took a taxi.
When you saw the bus, you started to run.
Simple past
S + V2 + O
When he realised his mistake, he apologised to them.
When the baby tore the money, we didn’t see it.
When the teacher entered the class,the
students were running.
When he cut his finger, he was peeling onions.
When + simple past, simple past
When he fell, he cut his knee.
When + simple past, past continuous
When he fell, he was running.
WHILE
LONG ACTIONS
Süreklilik gösteren / zaman alan fiiller
While + past continuous tense “Özne + was/were fiiling + nesne”
V1
read
play
V2
was/were reading
was/were playing
WHILE: -iken, -ken
Stduy (v): ders çalışmak
Read (v): okumak
Sleep (v): uyumak
Play (v): oynamak
watch (v): seyretmek
Süreklilik gösteren / zaman alan fiiller
While we were studying,
“Biz ders çalışır(yor)ken,”
While my father was reading,
“Benim babam kitap okur(yor)ken,”
While the baby was sleeping,
“Bebek uyur(yor)ken,”
While they were playing football,
“Onlar top oynarken,”
While we were studying, you were singing songs.
“Biz ders çalışırken, siz şarkı söylüyordunuz.”
While my father was reading, my mother was
cooking.
“Babam okurken, annem yemek pişiriyordu.”
While the baby was sleeping, I was sleeping, too.
“Bebek uyurken, ben de uyuyordum.”
While they were playing football, we were watching
them.
“Onlar top oynarken, biz onları izliyorduk.”
While they were quarrelling in the car,
the accident happened.
Simple past
While Esma was washing up the dishes,
we were watching television.
Past continuous
While she was living in İzmir,
she was working in a factory.
“İzmir’de yaşarken, bir fabrikada çalışıyordu.”
While I was going to work this morning,
I met an old friend.
“Bu sabah işe giderken, eski bir arkadaşla karşılaştım.”