Learn Turkish: Tatilde iki kilo aldım. - I put on two kilos on holiday.

In Turkish, you never add a plural ending (-lar or -ler) to a noun when there is a number right before it. So 'two kilos' is just iki kilo.

Doesn't aldım usually mean 'I bought' or 'I took'?

Yes, the root verb almak means to take, buy, or get. However, it is also used in the set phrase kilo almak, which means 'to gain weight' or 'to put on weight.' Literally, the sentence translates to 'I took two kilos.'

Where is the word for 'I' in this sentence?

The subject 'I' (ben) is dropped here, which is very common in Turkish. We know who did the action because of the -m ending on aldım, which is the 'I' ending for the past tense.

Why does the word tatilde have the -de ending here?

Tatil means holiday or vacation. The -de suffix means 'in,' 'at,' or 'on' (the locative case). It shows the context or place where the weight gain happened, translating smoothly to 'on holiday' in this sentence.