Choose what you want to highlight: a recurring link, a gradual change or the occasion for another event. This B1 comparison introduces the meaning of -dikçe; its full range of forms belongs to later study.
The idea
-dikçe highlights repetition or an ongoing relationship: baktıkça means “each time I look” in the photo example; okudukça daha hızlı okuyorum links more reading to greater speed. -ince places an event in relation to another: bakınca gülümsedim describes a smile on one occasion. But -ince also works in a habitual sentence: Teyzem bize gelince yeni bir hikâye anlatır. The main verb and context help decide whether this happens once or regularly.
Examples
- Ben bu fotoğrafa baktıkça gülümsüyorum.Every time I look at this photograph, I smile.
- Ben bu fotoğrafa bakınca gülümsedim.When I looked at this photograph, I smiled.
- Ben okudukça daha hızlı okuyorum.The more I read, the faster I read.
- Annem notu okuyunca kapıyı açtı.When my mother read the note, she opened the door.
- Su ısındıkça şeker daha kolay eriyor.As the water gets warmer, the sugar dissolves more easily.
- Su kaynayınca ocağı kapat.When the water boils, turn off the stove.
- Teyzem bize gelince yeni bir hikâye anlatır.When my aunt visits us, she tells a new story.
- Teyzem bize geldikçe yeni bir hikâye anlatır.Every time my aunt visits us, she tells a new story.
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Watch out
Do not read -ince as an automatic promise of “immediately”. Su kaynayınca ocağı kapat tells you when to act; adding hemen explicitly says “immediately”. Nor should you reject gelince simply because the sentence describes a habit: geldikçe makes the repetition more prominent.
Try it yourself
Choose the form that explicitly stresses each repeated look at the photograph.
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baktıkça
baktıkça: the instruction asks you to foreground every fresh look at the photo. Bakınca could fit a habitual sentence too, but leaves the repetition to the wider context.
Choose the form for one occasion yesterday: we read the note, then opened the door.
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okuyunca
okuyunca: the note was read on a single occasion yesterday, then the door was opened. Okudukça would suggest an ongoing or repeated relationship, not this completed sequence.
Choose the form for gradual change: the warmer the water gets, the more easily the sugar dissolves.
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ısındıkça
ısındıkça: dissolving becomes easier as the temperature rises. Isınınca would instead locate the result at the point when the water has warmed up.
This describes a habit. Either option can fit; enter one acceptable form.
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geldikçe / gelince
geldikçe / gelince: both fit the aunt’s habit. Geldikçe foregrounds each visit; with gelince, the general statement anlatır and the context support the habitual reading.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the form that explicitly stresses each repeated look at the photograph.
Choose the form for one occasion yesterday: we read the note, then opened the door.
Choose the form for gradual change: the warmer the water gets, the more easily the sugar dissolves.
This describes a habit. Either option can fit; enter one acceptable form.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write a pair about a photograph: one repeated reaction and one particular reaction. Add a sentence about gradual progress. Then use the linked -ince forms lesson to practise spelling.