No. 3,412 in Turkish
korurken
"Korurken" means "while protecting" or "while safeguarding" in English.
In a sentence
O, köpeği korurken kendisi de yaralandı.
He got injured while protecting the dog.
The word 'korurken' here means 'while protecting,' showing an ongoing action when another incident happened.
Annesi, çocuklarını korurken çok dikkatli davranır.
The mother acts very carefully while protecting her children.
In this sentence, 'korurken' implies the continuous act of protection performed by the subject.
Öğretmen, öğrencileri korurken onların hatalarını düzeltir.
The teacher corrects their mistakes while protecting the students.
Here, 'korurken' indicates protecting as a simultaneous activity to correcting mistakes.
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