Breakdown of Damat heyecanlı görünüyordu, gelin ise çok sakindi.
olmak
to be
çok
very
sakin
calm
görünmek
to look
Questions & Answers about Damat heyecanlı görünüyordu, gelin ise çok sakindi.
Why is heyecanlı not followed by -dı/-di, but sakindi is?
Because the two halves of the sentence are built differently.
Damat heyecanlı görünüyordu = The groom looked/seemed excited
- Here, heyecanlı is an adjective linked to the verb görünmek (to look / to seem).
- So the main verb is görünüyordu, not heyecanlı.
Gelin ise çok sakindi = The bride, however, was very calm
- Here, sakin is the main predicate, so it takes the past copula: sakin-di.
So:
- heyecanlı görünüyordu = looked excited
- sakindi = was calm
What does görünüyordu mean exactly, and how is it formed?
Görünüyordu comes from görünmek, which means to look, to seem, to appear.
It breaks down like this:
- görün- = verb stem
- -üyor = present continuous marker
- -du = past marker
So literally it is something like was seeming / was looking, but in natural English we usually say looked or seemed.
In this sentence, heyecanlı görünüyordu means:
- he looked excited
- or he seemed excited
Why is there a y in görünüyordu?