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Questions & Answers about Bu yıl beş kilo verdim.
Why is it just kilo and not plural kilolar if there are five of them?
In Turkish, when you use a specific number before a noun (like beş, meaning five), the noun must stay in the singular form. You never add the plural ending -lar or -ler after a number, so it is exactly beş kilo.
Doesn't verdim usually mean "I gave"? How does it mean "I lost" here?
Yes, the root verb vermek means "to give." However, the Turkish expression for losing weight is literally "to give kilos" (kilo vermek). As a helpful bonus, if you want to say "I gained weight," you use the verb for taking: kilo almak.
Why isn't there a location or time ending on yıl? Shouldn't it be bu yılda?
While Turkish uses the locative ending (-da or -de) for things like "in the car" or "in December", it does not use it for broad time phrases like bu yıl (this year), geçen hafta (last week), or bugün (today). You just use the phrase on its own without a suffix.
Can I use kilo for measuring other things, or just body weight?
You can use it for anything! Kilo is just the everyday abbreviation for kilogram. You will hear it constantly at the market or grocery store, such as asking for iki kilo elma (two kilos of apples).