In another topic Edrinc posted these phrases


Hasta olunca hastaneye gideriz.
Küçük bebek annesini görünce mutlu oldu.
Çok az zaman kalınca panik oldum.

Can someone explain us what exactly the ca ending means and how we use it? Or is it an "inca" ending added at the root of the verb.

Is it the same as -arak/erek suffix, or the -ken one?

Hi Miss Ceyda,

I beleive it is a -(y) ince/ünce/ınca/unca suffix not just a -ce ca.At least this is what I concluded from what Edrinc wrote
Let me try an example:

Haberler dinleyince ağladım
(When I heard the news I cried)

I hope its correct.

When I wrote the sentences I didnt realise the -ince suffix in them. I was trying to include 'olmak' but accidentially -ince was also there. The ince suffix has the following forms:
–(y)ınca, –(y)ince, –(y)unca, –(y)ünce
The last vowel of the verb stem determines wich one we use out of these four. For instance if the last vowel is a or ı the suffix is -ınca.
Last vowel - suffix chart:
a,ı > –(y)ınca
e,i > –(y)ince
o,u > –(y)unca
ö,ü > –(y)ünce

Example:
infinitive: koşmak
verb stem: koş
koşunca > when running

The buffer y is added when the verb stem ends with a vowel. The reason, as you might know, is to prevent two vowels coming next to each other.
Example:
infinitive: okumak
verb stem: oku
okuyunca: when reading

The main usage of this suffix is expresing time like in the examples above. So mostly we would translate this suffix as 'when'.
With 'kadar' like in 'gidinceye kadar' it can mean 'until'.
Example:
Ben gelinceye kadar bekle. > Wait until I come.