yağarken

yağarken

"Yağarken" means "while it is raining or snowing."

In this sentence, 'yağarken' refers to the ongoing action of rain falling, indicating the time frame when another action occurred (opening the umbrella).

Yağmur yağarken şemsiyemi açtım.

I opened my umbrella while it was raining.

Here, 'yağarken' is used to indicate the context of snowfall occurring simultaneously with another ongoing action (children playing).

Kar yağarken çocuklar dışarıda oynuyordu.

While it was snowing, the children were playing outside.

In this complex sentence, 'yağarken' presents one of the simultaneous conditions (raining) which occurred with the calming of the wind.

Yapraklar dökülürken rüzgar yağarken de dinmişti.

The wind had calmed down while the leaves were falling and it was raining.