doabilirken
Doabilirken is a Turkish verb form that expresses “while being able to do” something. In standard Turkish, the corresponding form is yapabilirken, built from the verb yapmak (to do) with the ability suffix -ebil-/a pattern and the temporal conjunction -ken meaning “while.” Doabilirken, as a spelling variant, is not the canonical form for the verb to do in Turkish; it would be understood as nonstandard or dialectal, with yapabilirken being the normative example.
Morphologically, the construction combines an ability form with a subordinate temporal clause. The modal suffix conveys
- Doabilirken/yapabilirken is used to link two actions or states that occur concurrently, with the subordinate clause
- The tense of the main clause can vary (past, present, future) while the -ken clause retains the
- The form is more common in written or formal contexts; in everyday speech, speakers may opt for
- Bu görevi yapabilirken dikkatli olmalısın. (While you can do this task, you should be careful.)
- O araba kullanabilirken telefonla konuşmamalısın. (While you can drive, you should not talk on the phone.)
- Sınava hazırlanabilirken dinlenmeye de zaman ayırdı. (While he could prepare for the exam, he also set
Overall, doabilirken represents the same grammatical idea as yapabilirken, with dobir variants largely confined to nonstandard