Word
Arkadaşıma hoşça kal dedim.
Meaning
I said goodbye to my friend.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Arkadaşıma hoşça kal dedim.
arkadaş
the friend
demek
to say
hoşça kal
goodbye (said to someone staying)
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Questions & Answers about Arkadaşıma hoşça kal dedim.
How do I break down arkadaşıma?
It is:
- arkadaş = friend
- arkadaşım = my friend
- arkadaşıma = to my friend
So the word contains both the possessive ending -ım (my) and the dative ending -a (to).
Why is there an -a at the end of arkadaşıma?
Because the person receiving what is said is marked with the dative case in Turkish.
A very common pattern is:
birine bir şey demek = to say something to someone
So:
- arkadaşıma dedim = I said to my friend
Does arkadaşıma definitely mean to my friend?
Yes. Here it clearly means to my friend.
The -ım part is the 1st person singular possessive ending, so it shows that the friend is my friend.
Compare:
- arkadaşıma = to my friend
- arkadaşına = to his/her friend or to your friend (depending on context and form)