"Bunu yer yemez suyu içeceğim."

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

[RuthJohnston1]

"yer yemez" anlamam yerdim lazim.
the idiom is not transparent at least to this Eng. speaker.

[MartinSquash]

I would also appreciate an explanation of how 'yer yemez' means 'as soon as'

[RuthJohnston1]

An explanation somewhere else filled in the blank: it's just an idiom. Positive aorist verb, followed by negative aorist verb. It's always in the 3rd person singular. = as soon as this action is done, and who it's referring to (me, you, Selcen, etc.) is determined by the context of the rest of the sentence, and probably by the main verb at the end. No further logic, it's just like that.

[kp0v43phy]

This should have been on the lesson notes, since it's the main topic of the lesson.

[modene1]

This should be present perfect tense.

[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.

[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

[Shahrazad26]

Wow, gerçekten tuhaf. Ne zaman o öğreneceğim? Teşekkürler Sedat.

[SedatKlc]

i dont understand your question

[Shahrazad26]

It was a rhetorical question: me wondering whether I will ever learn this.

[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!

[daadaadaaren]

bunu is accusative? is the accusative fır şu şunu?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

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

[Salih_Dz.]

So the part "as soon as" is always in the 3rd person singular, and the suffix on the final verb decides who is the one who is doing the part "as soon as" ?

[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

[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.