Boru dün gece patladı.

Boru most commonly means pipe or tube. In this sentence, it means pipe.

Depending on context, boru can also refer to things like a tube-shaped object, so context is important.

Turkish does not have articles like English the or a/an.

So Boru dün gece patladı can mean:

• The pipe burst last night
• A pipe burst last night

Which one sounds best depends on the situation and context.

Dün means yesterday, and gece means night.

Together, dün gece means last night.

Even though English usually says last night, Turkish often uses the literal combination yesterday night: dün gece.

Because it is simply a noun phrase made from:

• dün = yesterday
• gece = night

Turkish commonly forms time expressions this way. So learners should get used to combinations like this rather than expecting one fixed single word.

Patladı comes from the verb patlamak, which means to burst, to explode, or to pop, depending on context.

Here, with boru, it means something like:

• burst
• ruptured

So boru patladı = the pipe burst.

It breaks down like this:

• patla- = verb stem
• -dı = past tense marker

So:

patla- + -dı = patladı

This is the simple past in Turkish, often called the definite past or direct past.

Because Turkish suffixes follow vowel harmony.

The past tense suffix has four common forms:

• -dı
• -di
• -du
• -dü

The correct one depends on the last vowel in the stem.

In patla-, the last vowel is a, so the correct past ending is -dı.

Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from context.

English needs it burst, but Turkish can simply say patladı.

The subject is already expressed by boru, so there is no need for an extra pronoun.

Boru is in the nominative form, which is the basic dictionary form with no extra ending.

It is the subject of the sentence:

• Boru = the pipe
• patladı = burst

So the pipe is the thing doing the action, or more naturally, the thing experiencing the event.

Yes. A very common neutral Turkish word order is Subject + Time + Verb, especially in simple sentences like this:

• Boru = subject
• dün gece = time expression
• patladı = verb

So Boru dün gece patladı is completely natural.

Yes. Turkish word order is flexible, and moving words can change emphasis.

For example:

• Dün gece boru patladı. = emphasizes last night
• Boru patladı dün gece. = possible, but more marked or conversational

The sentence you were given is a normal, neutral order.

No. Patlamak can be used for several kinds of bursting or popping, such as:

• a balloon popping
• a tire bursting
• a pipe bursting
• something exploding

So in this sentence, it does not have to mean a dramatic explosion. It can simply mean the pipe burst.

Turkish is generally a verb-final language. In many basic sentences, the main verb comes last.

That is why:

• Boru = pipe
• dün gece = last night
• patladı = burst

This is one of the biggest differences from English word order.

No. It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

The word itself is a normal common noun: boru = pipe.

Roughly: paht-luh-duh, but with Turkish sounds.

A few helpful points:

• a is like the a in father
• ı is the Turkish dotless i, a sound that does not exist exactly in English
• stress is often near the end, but Turkish stress patterns can vary

The hardest part for many English speakers is ı in -dı.

Ü is a front rounded vowel, similar to the u sound in some pronunciations of French tu or German über.

English does not have this exact sound, so it may feel unfamiliar.

A rough way to practice it:

1. Say ee
2. Round your lips as if saying oo
3. Keep the tongue position more like ee

That gives you something close to ü.

Possibly, yes, but for boru, English usually prefers burst rather than exploded.

So the most natural translation is:

• The pipe burst last night

But the Turkish verb patlamak is broad enough that the exact English choice depends on context.