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-dı
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Turkish
Etymology
tr :inh ota:ـدی<tr:-dı, -di> ++ 1
Pronunciation
Suffix
ı i u ü d
past tense suffix
tr almak al(-mak) (to) take → tr aldı he/she/it took
tr saymak say(-mak) (to) count → tr saydı he/she/it counted
used in nouns to indicate that it has been seen in the past; equivalent to en was were
tr bal bal honey → tr baldı it was a honey
tr sakız sakız chewing gum → tr sakızdı it was a chewing gum
tr dialectal reduplicated to form the pluperfect
tr aldıydı he/she/it had taken
tr -mıştı
Usage notes
Personal suffixes are added after "-dı".
tr kalmak kal + -dı + tr -m → tr kaldım I stayed
tr kalmak kal + -dı + tr -n → tr kaldın you stayed
tr kalmak kal + -dı → tr kaldı he/she/it stayed
tr kalmak kal + -dı + tr -k → tr kaldık we stayed
tr kalmak kal + -dı + tr -nız → tr kaldınız you (pl.) stayed
tr kalmak kal + -dı + tr -lar → tr kaldılar they stayed
tr inflectional suffixes