{"id":1321,"date":"2026-10-20T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:00:33","slug":"how-to-say-when-in-turkish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkishfluent.com\/blog\/how-to-say-when-in-turkish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Say “When” in Turkish: -d\u0131\u011f\u0131nda, -d\u0131\u011f\u0131 s\u0131rada, -d\u0131k\u00e7a, -d\u0131\u011f\u0131 s\u00fcrece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To ask “when?” in Turkish, you generally use ne zaman<\/strong>. To join two events, as in “when I got home, my mother was asleep”, Turkish uses no separate word: it adds a suffix to the verb, most often -d\u0131\u011f\u0131nda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

In this article, you will learn how to build -d\u0131\u011f\u0131nda<\/em> for every person and how it compares with -d\u0131\u011f\u0131 zaman<\/em> and -\u0131nca<\/em>. You will also learn the forms for “while”, “just as”, “whenever”, “the more\u2026 the more” and “as long as”. Finally, you will see where the clause sits and four typical mistakes English speakers make with these forms. Haydi ba\u015flayal\u0131m!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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