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Questions & Answers about Otobüs geldi.
What does otobüs mean in this sentence?
Otobüs translates to bus in English. In Turkish, nouns stand alone without articles, so while it simply means bus, context might lead you to interpret it as the bus.
What is the meaning of geldi, and from which verb is it derived?
Geldi is the past tense form of the verb gelmek, which means to come. It indicates that the action of coming happened in the past—so you could translate it as came or has arrived.
Why is there no article like the before otobüs in Turkish?
Turkish doesn’t use articles such as a or the. Nouns in Turkish stand on their own, and any definiteness is understood from context rather than through a dedicated article.
How does the verb conjugation in geldi show the past tense in Turkish?
Turkish expresses the past tense by adding a suffix—in this case, -di (modified by vowel harmony) to the verb stem gel-. This makes geldi equivalent to the simple past in English, meaning came or has arrived.
How does the sentence structure of compare to that of English?