What does this phrase mean?

Turkish to english phrase translation?what does this phrase mean(derken)? plzzzthanks in advance?

  • what does this phrase mean (derken)? thanks in advance

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    In contemporary colloquial style of Turkish, that word also means "What do you mean by that?" For instance: Person A = I am feeling a little weird today.. (bugün kendimi biraz tuhaf hissediyorum) Person B = "tuhaf" derken? (what do you mean by "weird"? -- weird how?)

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word by word translation is "while I'm/you're/he-she's saying... Tho i found Çetin's and 3rd poster's translations pretty descriptive. It has sub meanings, also known as pragmatic meanings as Çetin and the other poster stated

greetings_losers

hi, it means: "suddenly,just at that moment,even as he spoke,just then ,all at once" hope,help you

Çetin

''Derken '' while I was telling ....

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