Sevgilimle sinemaya gittim.

-le means with here.

So:

• sevgilim = my boyfriend / my girlfriend / my beloved
• sevgilimle = with my boyfriend / girlfriend

In Turkish, ile (with) is often attached to the noun as a suffix:

• sevgilim ile
• sevgilimle

Both are correct, but the attached form is very common in everyday Turkish.

Sevgilim is built from:

• sevgili = beloved, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
• -m / -im = my

So:

• sevgili → beloved / boyfriend / girlfriend
• sevgilim → my beloved / my boyfriend / my girlfriend

The form -im appears because of vowel harmony and the shape of the word.

A useful thing to know: sevgili is often gender-neutral, so it can mean either boyfriend or girlfriend depending on context.

Because the sentence expresses movement to a place.

Turkish uses the dative case for movement toward something:

• sinema = cinema
• sinemaya = to the cinema

The dative ending is usually -a / -e, depending on vowel harmony.

So in this sentence:

• sinemaya gittim = I went to the cinema

If you said only sinema, it would not mark that idea of direction.

The y is a buffer consonant.

Since sinema ends in a vowel and the dative ending also begins with a vowel, Turkish inserts y to make pronunciation smoother:

• sinema + a → sinemaya

This happens very often in Turkish.

For example:

• okula = to school because okul ends in a consonant
• arabaya = to the car because araba ends in a vowel, so y is inserted

Gittim breaks down like this:

• git- = go
• -ti = past tense
• -m = I

So gittim means I went.

Why does it look like it has a double t?

Because the stem already ends in t:

• git + ti + m → gittim

Also, the past tense suffix changes shape according to sound rules, so you will see forms like:

• geldim = I came
• baktım = I looked
• gittim = I went

Because Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb ending.

Here, -m in gittim already tells you the subject is I.

So:

• gittim = I went
• ben gittim = I went

Both are possible, but ben is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Ben gittim, o gitmedi. = I went, but he/she didn’t.

Because Turkish normally places the verb at the end.

This sentence follows a very common Turkish pattern:

• Sevgilimle = with my boyfriend/girlfriend
• sinemaya = to the cinema
• gittim = I went

So the structure is roughly:

with my boyfriend/girlfriend + to the cinema + went

That may feel unusual to an English speaker, but it is standard in Turkish.

Yes. That is also correct.

Both mean the same thing:

• Sevgilimle sinemaya gittim
• Sevgilim ile sinemaya gittim

The version with the attached suffix -le is very common and natural in everyday speech. The separate form ile can sound a bit more explicit or slightly more formal, depending on context.

No. Sevgili is generally gender-neutral.

So sevgilim can mean:

• my boyfriend
• my girlfriend
• sometimes my beloved

You usually understand the exact meaning from context.

This is different from English, where people often expect separate words like boyfriend and girlfriend.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Very often, sinemaya gitmek means to go to the movies / to go to the cinema, not just physically travel to the building.

So the phrase can describe the activity in a natural, idiomatic way, much like English go to the movies.

Yes. Gittim is in the definite/simple past tense.

It usually refers to a completed action:

• Sevgilimle sinemaya gittim. = I went to the cinema with my boyfriend/girlfriend.

It sounds like a straightforward statement about something that happened.

Turkish has other past forms too, but this one is the normal direct past form used for events the speaker presents as a fact.