Bu açıklama bana oldukça inandırıcı geldi.

This explanation seemed quite convincing to me.

Breakdown of Bu açıklama bana oldukça inandırıcı geldi.

• bu: this
• oldukça: quite
• ben: me
• açıklama: the explanation

Questions & Answers about Bu açıklama bana oldukça inandırıcı geldi.

Why is bana used here?

Bana means to me. It is the dative form of ben (I).

• ben = I
• bana = to me

In this sentence, Turkish uses bana ... geldi to express the idea of it seemed/felt to me.

So:

• Bu açıklama bana inandırıcı geldi
  = This explanation seemed convincing to me

This is a very common pattern in Turkish:

• Bana ilginç geldi = It seemed interesting to me
• Bana garip geldi = It seemed strange to me
• Bana doğru geldi = It seemed right to me

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Why does geldi mean something like seemed here? Doesn’t it literally mean came?