Learn Turkish: Dün okuduğum yorum çok komikti. - The review that I read yesterday was very funny.

Dün okuduğum yorum çok komikti.

The review that I read yesterday was very funny.

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How does okuduğum translate to "that I read"?

This uses the -dık pattern from our current lesson. It attaches to the verb root oku (to read). Because you are the one who read it, we add the possessive suffix -um (my). When we add a vowel to -dık, the k softens to a ğ. So oku + duk + um becomes okuduğum. Think of it literally as "my read thing".

Why does okuduğum come before yorum?

In English, we say "the review that I read," putting the description after the noun. In Turkish, any word or phrase that describes a noun acts like an adjective and must come before it. So, Turkish phrases it as "my-read review" (okuduğum yorum).

Why is the past tense ending on komikti a -ti instead of -di?

This is due to consonant harmony, a rule you learned earlier. The word komik (funny) ends in k, which is a hard (voiceless) consonant. When a suffix starting with d is attached to a hard consonant, the d changes to a hard t to match. Therefore, komik + di becomes komikti (was funny).

Does yorum always translate to "review"?