"Ben çayı severken kardeşim kahveyi sever." Buradaki "-ken" zaman anlatmıyor, iki kişiyi karşılaştırıyor. İngilizcede bu işi while ve whereas yapar.
1İki "-ken"
ZAMAN
While I was cooking,the phone rang
KARŞILAŞTIRMA
While I like tea,my brother likes coffee
YALNIZ KARŞILAŞTIRMA
Istanbul is huge,whereas Ankara is smaller
Yemek yaparken telefon çaldı.
While I was cooking, the phone rang.
Ben çayı severken kardeşim kahveyi sever.
While I like tea, my brother likes coffee.
İstanbul çok büyük, oysa Ankara daha küçük.
Istanbul is huge, whereas Ankara is smaller.
Türkçenin "-ken"i de aynı iki işi görür. Test: while yerine whereas koy; anlam bozulmuyorsa karşılaştırmadır.
2Nereye konur?
Eski model yavaşken yenisi hızlı.
Whereas the old model was slow, the new one is fast.
Babam erken kalkar, oysa annem geç yatmayı sever.
My father gets up early, whereas my mother likes to stay up late.
O uzun, kardeşi ise kısa.
He is tall, while his brother is short.
Başta: virgül ilk parçanın sonunda. Ortada: virgül whereas ya da while'ın önünde.
3Sıra sana
İki cümleyi istenen kelimeyle tek cümlede birleştir, sonra altındaki cevaplara bak.
- Tom likes summer. His wife likes winter. (whereas)
- The train is fast. The bus is cheap. (başta While)
- I was sleeping. Someone knocked on the door. (While, zaman)
- My sister is quiet. I talk a lot. (whereas)
Cevaplar: Tom likes summer, whereas his wife likes winter. · While the train is fast, the bus is cheap. · While I was sleeping, someone knocked on the door. · My sister is quiet, whereas I talk a lot.
Sık yapılan hatalar
✗Istanbul is huge, however Ankara is smaller.
✓Istanbul is huge, whereas Ankara is smaller.
Tek cümlede karşılaştırma: whereas.
✗While Turkey is big, but Greece is small.
✓While Turkey is big, Greece is small.
while'dan sonra but yok.
✗Whereas I was cooking, the phone rang.
✓While I was cooking, the phone rang.
whereas zaman anlatmaz.