"Bunu yer yemez suyu içeceğim."

Translation: As soon as I eat this, I will drink the water.

[Shahrazad26]

This is so confusing. "Yer yemez" means "As soon as I eat"? Where is the subject implied?

[SedatKlc]

this is little different in turkish, you say the verb twice. first you add -er and second -mez

ye-r ye-mez

another example to clarify:

ofise gider gitmez, çalışmaya başladım. (as soon as i went to the office, i started to work)

here the verb is git-mek

we say the verb twice and add the suffixes: git-er(t--->d) git-mez : gider gitmez

[EvaSopkova1]

as soon as HE eats this, i will drink the water - i really thought yemez
indicates third person singular here... i read all the comments here and now i know to look for the subject of the sentence at the very end of the sentence... but how would i translate the sentence if there are two different subject? is there a different grammar structure for that? thanks for your answers and explanations....

[SabineBergmann1]

belki: O, bunu yer yemez ben suyu içeceğim.

[Nesim55]

Sevgili Sabine, deine Vermutung ist leider nicht richtig. Stell dir so ein Situation vor. Du hast eine Banane und ein Glas Wasser. Zuerst wirst du die Banane essen und gleich hinterher das Wasser trinken. Jetzt sagst du sobald ich die Banane gegessen habe werde ich das Wasser trinken.Ben muzu yeryemez suyu içeceğim. ich bin noch nicht soweit daß ich es in Englisch verfassen kann.

[SabineBergmann1]

Sevgili Nesim, çok teşekkür ederim. Anladım şimdi. ve senin Almanca çok iyi!

[AmFilip]

Shouldn't this translate as "as soon as I have eaten this"?

[SabineBergmann1]

I think that it does not make sense. It depends of "içeceğim" If you translate the first part as past, the second part in future does not make sense for me.
May anybody correct me if I am wrong.
Look at the other example hereunder, where past tense is used.

[GregoryLCh]

It should indeed be "as soon as I have eaten this."
The translation as given is not at all natural.

[qamar92843]

Or, I ate??

[Tim124427]

Yes!

[ChrisMetai]

Also this construction of using the verb twice seems not to be 'person' specific. So I presume you use the same structure whether it is we/she/you/it...it must be the second verb that gives the 'person' in this case, first person singular. I do not remember this construction being explained anywhere in previous lessons.

[modene1]

This should be present perfect tense.

[qamar92843]

Where is "I"subject in this sentence

[Yiannis49]

The 'im' ending on 'içeceğim'. If there is no other noun / pronoun as the subject of 'yer yemez', the subject is the same as for the verb at the end.

[BertrandKe4]

If yer yemez is not conjugated, how do you say for example:

"As soon as HE eats this, I will drink the water"?

[Sayel.Abbadi]

O bunu yer yemez, suyu içeceğim.

[Jilly76]

Great! Thank you! This helps a lot.

[Jilly76]

Yes, please. Thank you.

[daadaadaaren]

bunu is accusative? is the accusative fır şu şunu?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Yep! And the accusative of "o" is "onu"

[ChrisMetai]

What is there in the turkish sentence to say that it must be 'the water' and not just 'water'?

[SabineBergmann1]

because suyu is a definite object (accusative), otherwise it would be su

[Yiannis49]

What about 'When I eat this, I will drink the water'?

[Tim124427]

There is nothing wrong with "as soon as I have eaten this" (or was I marked wrong for saying "I shall" rather than I will). In both cases I am right and Duolingo is wrong

[Danika_Dakika]

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