No. 3,060 in Turkish
başladığında
"When it begins/starts."
In a sentence
Yağmur başladığında herkes evine döndü.
When it started raining, everyone returned to their homes.
The word 'başladığında' here functions as a conjunctive form of the verb 'başlamak' (to start) in Turkish, indicating the point in time when the action ('starting of rain') occurred.
Ders başladığında öğrenciler dikkatle dinliyordu.
When the lesson started, the students were listening attentively.
In this context, 'başladığında' refers to the specific moment the class (lesson) commenced, setting the temporal framework for the following action.
Film başladığında salonda yer kalmamıştı.
When the movie started, there were no seats left in the theater.
Here, 'başladığında' introduces the commencement of an event (the movie's start), emphasizing the condition or state of the surroundings during that occurrence.
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