Tesisatçı öğleden sonra geldi ve musluğu onardı.

The plumber came in the afternoon and fixed the tap.

Breakdown of Tesisatçı öğleden sonra geldi ve musluğu onardı.

• gelmek: to come
• ve: and
• öğleden sonra: in the afternoon
• tesisatçı: the plumber

Questions & Answers about Tesisatçı öğleden sonra geldi ve musluğu onardı.

What does the word tesisatçı mean exactly? Is it specifically a plumber?

Tesisatçı literally means “installer/maintenance person for installations (tesisat).” In everyday Turkish it most commonly means “plumber,” though it can also refer to someone who installs other systems (like heating). To be more specific you might hear:

• su tesisatçısı = plumber (water systems)
• sıhhi tesisatçı = sanitary plumber In this sentence, it’s naturally understood as “the plumber.”

Why is “afternoon” expressed as öğleden sonra instead of a single word?

Turkish often uses postpositions instead of separate words like “afternoon.” Öğleden sonra is built as:

• öğle = noon
• -den/-dan (ablative) = “from/after”
• sonra = after So öğleden sonra literally means “after noon.” Many time phrases use the ablative before sonra/önce:
• yemekten sonra = after the meal
• dersten önce = before class

Why is the order Tesisatçı öğleden sonra geldi? Can the time go elsewhere?

Default Turkish word order is subject–(time/place)–object–verb. Time expressions usually come before the verb. Variations are fine:

• Öğleden sonra tesisatçı geldi (fronted time for emphasis)
• Tesisatçı öğleden sonra geldi (neutral) Placing the time after the verb (Geldi öğleden sonra) is possible for special emphasis or in speech, but it’s less neutral.

How is the past tense formed in and ?