Lingofly-dikten sonra
- -dikten sonraafter doing that
“-dikten sonra” — after doing that in Turkish. Phrase, level B1, topic — time, days and hours. The -dik participle in the "from" form plus sonra: "yedikten sonra," after eating. It closes the subordinate clause, which comes before the main one; person is not marked. After voiceless consonants it becomes -tıktan: "çıktıktan sonra." In a live sentence: “Yemek yedikten sonra yürüyüşe çıktık” — After doing that we went for a walk. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Turkish | -dikten sonra |
| Translation | after doing that |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The -dik participle in the "from" form plus sonra: "yedikten sonra," after eating. It closes the subordinate clause, which comes before the main one; person is not marked. After voiceless consonants it becomes -tıktan: "çıktıktan sonra."
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
Nearby words: time, days and hours
Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.
- saathourThe same word names clocks — wrist and wall — and the time they show: Saat kaç? is "what time is it?"
- bugüntodaybu ("this") plus gün ("day"). Two words fused into one.
- yarıntomorrowı dotless. Stands bare in the sentence, no preposition: yarın geliyorum. The day after is öbür gün, "the other day", not "after tomorrow".
- dünyesterdayLike yarın, it stands with no preposition: dün geldim. The day before is evvelki gün. "Yesterday's" is dünkü — the tail -ki turns time into a trait.
- akşameveningThe root of iyi akşamlar, "good evening", with the plural ending on top.
- gecenightİyi geceler, "good night", is only for parting.
- Ne zaman gelirsiniz?when will you come?ne zaman is "at what time". The -ir form speaks of an arrangement and a promise, not of what is happening now.
- günde iki keztwice a daygün plus -de is "in a day". kez and defa both mean "times", with almost no difference.
- yemekten sonraafter mealssonra demands the from-where tail -ten: yemekten sonra, dersten sonra. After a voiceless k the ending goes voiceless: not -den but -ten.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “time, days and hours”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “after doing that” in Turkish?
The -dik participle in the "from" form plus sonra: "yedikten sonra," after eating. It closes the subordinate clause, which comes before the main one; person is not marked. After voiceless consonants it becomes -tıktan: "çıktıktan sonra."
- How do you say “night” in Turkish?
İyi geceler, "good night", is only for parting.
- How do you say “today” in Turkish?
bu ("this") plus gün ("day"). Two words fused into one.
- How do you say “after meals” in Turkish?
sonra demands the from-where tail -ten: yemekten sonra, dersten sonra. After a voiceless k the ending goes voiceless: not -den but -ten.
- How do you say “evening” in Turkish?
The root of iyi akşamlar, "good evening", with the plural ending on top.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “after doing that” in Turkish?
«-dikten sonra». In a live sentence: “Yemek yedikten sonra yürüyüşe çıktık” — After doing that we went for a walk. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1, from the set “time, days and hours”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The -dik participle in the "from" form plus sonra: "yedikten sonra," after eating. It closes the subordinate clause, which comes before the main one; person is not marked. After voiceless consonants it becomes -tıktan: "çıktıktan sonra." A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.