No. 503 in Turkish
olurken
"While happening" or "while becoming."
In a sentence
Sabah güneş doğarken manzara çok güzeldi.
In the morning, as the sun was rising, the view was very beautiful.
'Doğarken' refers to the time when the sun is rising, expressing an ongoing or simultaneous action.
Film izlerken uyuyakaldım.
While watching the movie, I fell asleep.
'İzlerken' shows the simultaneous action of watching during which the secondary event (falling asleep) happened.
Bahçede çocuklar oynarken yağmur başladı.
While the children were playing in the garden, it started raining.
'Oynarken' indicates the simultaneous action of children playing when a new event (rain starting) occurred.
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