Şirket müdürü dün şehir dışına çıktı, ofisteki işleri sekretere emanet etti.

Şirket müdürü is an indefinite noun compound, a very common Turkish structure for titles and categories.

Pattern:

• şirket müdürü = company manager / the company manager
• okul müdürü = school principal
• bölüm başkanı = department head

In this pattern:

• the first noun stays bare: şirket
• the second noun takes the 3rd person possessive ending: müdürü

Şirketin müdürü is also possible, but it sounds more like the manager of the company, with a more specific, definite relationship. In many job-title contexts, Turkish prefers şirket müdürü.

That -ü is the 3rd person possessive suffix used in noun compounds.

So:

• müdür = manager/director
• şirket müdürü = company manager

The suffix changes by vowel harmony:

• -ı, -i, -u, -ü

Because müdür has front rounded vowels, the correct form is -ü.

So this is not plural. It is the compound marker that appears on the second noun.

Literally, it is something like:

• şehir = city
• dışı = outside / outer part
• -na = to / toward

So şehir dışına çıktı is literally went to the outside of the city.

In natural English, this usually means went out of town.

This is a very common expression in Turkish.

The -na is the dative case, which often marks direction: to, toward.

Here the base expression is:

• şehir dışı = outside of the city / out of town

When you add the dative, you get:

• şehir dışına = to outside the city / out of town

The n is a buffer consonant that appears before case endings after certain possessed forms. So this is normal Turkish morphology.

Yes, çıkmak often means to go out, come out, exit, or leave. Turkish uses it more broadly than English sometimes does.

So:

• evden çıktı = he/she left the house
• işten çıktı = he/she got off work / left work
• şehir dışına çıktı = he/she went out of town

So in this sentence, çıktı is the normal idiomatic verb.

Yes, but there is a nuance.

• şehir dışına çıktı is a very common, idiomatic way to say went out of town
• şehrin dışına çıktı sounds more literally spatial: went to the outside of the city

So both can work, but şehir dışına is the more natural phrase for the everyday idea of being away from town.

Ofisteki breaks down like this:

• ofis = office
• -te = in / at
• -ki = the one that is in / at

So ofisteki işler means the tasks/work that are in the office, or more naturally, the office tasks / the work at the office.

The ending -ki turns a location phrase into something adjective-like.

Compare:

• masadaki kitap = the book on the table
• evdeki insanlar = the people at home
• ofisteki işler = the tasks in the office

Here işleri is the definite direct object.

• işler = tasks / jobs / pieces of work
• işleri = the tasks / the work items

Turkish often marks a direct object with the accusative when it is specific or definite. Since ofisteki işleri refers to a specific set of tasks, the accusative is natural.

So:

• işler = tasks in general
• ofisteki işleri = the specific tasks in the office

One thing that can confuse learners: işleri can also look like a possessive form in other contexts. But here, in this sentence, it is best understood as işler + accusative.

Because emanet etmek works like entrust something to someone.

Pattern:

• bir şeyi = something, in the accusative
• birine = to someone, in the dative

So here:

• ofisteki işleri = the office tasks
• sekretere = to the secretary

This is very similar to verbs like vermek:

• kitabı Ali’ye verdi = gave the book to Ali

Emanet etmek is a common verb phrase meaning:

• to entrust
• to leave in someone’s care
• to put under someone’s responsibility

It is made of:

• emanet = something entrusted / something left for safekeeping
• etmek = to do, used here as a light verb

So işleri sekretere emanet etti means the manager left those tasks under the secretary’s care/responsibility.

Turkish often joins two related actions with just a comma, especially when the subject is the same.

So:

• Şirket müdürü dün şehir dışına çıktı, ofisteki işleri sekretere emanet etti.

This is very natural and means something like:

• The company manager went out of town yesterday and entrusted the office tasks to the secretary.

You could add ve, but it is often unnecessary:

• ... çıktı ve ... emanet etti

Without ve, the sentence feels smooth and natural.

Because Turkish often omits subjects when they are already clear from context.

In the second clause, the subject is still the company manager, so Turkish does not need to repeat it.

That is very normal:

• Ali geldi, oturdu, kahve içti. = Ali came, sat down, and drank coffee.

Once the subject is established, Turkish commonly leaves it out.

They are in the simple past with the suffix -DI.

This tense is used for completed actions, especially when the speaker presents them as definite facts.

So:

• çıktı = went out / left
• etti = did / made, here as part of emanet etmek

In this sentence, both actions happened in the past and are presented as completed events.

It comes from etmek.

The stem is et-. When the past ending is added, the result is:

• et-ti

So it is written etti.

This is completely regular for this verb:

• etti = did / made
• emanet etti = entrusted

Not completely, but the sentence uses very normal Turkish word order.

Turkish strongly prefers the verb near the end of each clause, and important information usually comes before it.

So this is natural:

• Şirket müdürü dün şehir dışına çıktı
• ofisteki işleri sekretere emanet etti

You could move some parts for emphasis:

• Dün şirket müdürü şehir dışına çıktı...
• Şirket müdürü ofisteki işleri sekretere emanet etti...

But the verbs çıktı and etti normally stay at the end of their clauses.

It depends on the translation, but in this sentence it most naturally means tasks, duties, or pieces of work.

The noun iş is very broad:

• work
• job
• task
• business
• matter

So ofisteki işleri could be translated in different natural ways depending on context:

• the office work
• the tasks at the office
• the office duties

All of these fit the Turkish sentence.