Monoloğu ezberlemek üç günümü aldı.

the day

Breakdown of Monoloğu ezberlemek üç günümü aldı.

• almak: to take
• üç: three
• ezberlemek: to memorize

Questions & Answers about Monoloğu ezberlemek üç günümü aldı.

What is the main verb in this sentence?

The main finite verb is aldı.

• aldı = took
• ezberlemek = to memorize / memorizing

So the sentence is built around aldı, and monoloğu ezberlemek acts as the thing that took time.

A very literal breakdown is:

• Monoloğu ezberlemek = memorizing the monologue
• üç günümü = my three days / three days of my time
• aldı = took

So literally: Memorizing the monologue took my three days.

Why is ezberlemek in the infinitive form?

Because Turkish often uses the infinitive ending -mek / -mak to turn a verb into a noun-like expression.

• ezberlemek = to memorize / memorizing

Here, monoloğu ezberlemek functions like an action noun, similar to English memorizing the monologue.

So instead of saying something like I memorized the monologue, this sentence talks about the action itself:

• Monoloğu ezberlemek = the act of memorizing the monologue

That whole phrase is what took three days.

Why is monoloğu in the accusative?