Dün akşam fazla mesai yaptık; rapor sabaha hazırdı.

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Breakdown of Dün akşam fazla mesai yaptık; rapor sabaha hazırdı.

• dün akşam: last night
• rapor: the report
• hazır: ready

Questions & Answers about Dün akşam fazla mesai yaptık; rapor sabaha hazırdı.

What does the phrase in the first clause, fazla mesai yaptık, really mean?

It’s a set phrase meaning “we worked overtime.” Literally: fazla = extra/too much, mesai = working hours/shift, yapmak = to do/make. In Turkish, overtime is typically expressed with the light-verb construction fazla mesai yapmak. A common alternative is fazla mesaiye kalmak (“to stay for overtime”).

Why is there no biz (“we”) in the sentence?

Turkish is pro‑drop: subject pronouns are normally omitted because the verb ending shows the person/number. In yaptık, the ending -k already means “we,” so biz is unnecessary unless you want to emphasize “we (as opposed to others).”

How is yaptık formed?

• Root: yap- (do/make)
• Past tense: -DI (appears as -tı here due to voiceless consonant assimilation and vowel harmony)
• 1st person plural: -k
  Result: yap-
  • -tı
    • -k → yaptık (“we did” / “we worked” in this context).

Why doesn’t fazla mesai take the accusative suffix (-yi)?

Indefinite direct objects in Turkish are left bare (no accusative). Also, fazla mesai yapmak is a fixed light‑verb expression; adding accusative (fazla mesaiyi) would sound odd here unless you were talking about some highly specific, already defined overtime stint (which is rare).