Breakdown of Geçen cuma çok para harcadım.
çok
a lot of / many
para
money
cuma
Friday
geçen
last, previous
harcamak
to spend (money, time)
Questions & Answers about Geçen cuma çok para harcadım.
How is the word harcadım built to mean "I spent"?
It starts with the verb stem harca- (to spend). Next is the past tense suffix -dı. Finally, we add the personal suffix -m to show that "I" did the action. Notice that in the past tense, the "I" suffix is just -m, not the -im or -um you learned for the present tense!
Why does "last Friday" translate to geçen cuma?
The word geçen literally means "passing" or "that passed". In Turkish, you use geçen before a day, week, month, or year to say "last" (as in the previous one). So geçen cuma is "the Friday that passed" or "last Friday".
Since çok means "a lot", why doesn't para take the plural suffix (paralar)?
In Turkish, whenever you use a quantity word like çok (a lot/many), iki (two), or az (a little/few), the noun that follows it must stay in the singular form. Therefore, it is always çok para, never çok paralar.
Why doesn't para have the specific object suffix (like parayı)?
You only add the specific object suffix (also called the accusative case) when you are talking about a specific item, like "the money" or "that money". Because you are talking about "a lot of money" in a general sense here, para stays in its plain, dictionary form.
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