Learn Turkish: Çerçeve dağınık kilerde bulundu. - The frame was found in the messy pantry.

Normally, verbs ending in consonants take the passive suffix -Il (like yapılmak). However, as you are learning in this lesson, verb roots that end in -l (like bul-) or end in a vowel take -In instead. With 4-way vowel harmony, bul- + -In becomes bulun- (to be found).

Why is çerçeve in the plain dictionary form instead of having an accusative suffix like çerçeveyi?

In an active sentence, the frame would be the direct object (e.g., "I found the frame" = Çerçeveyi buldum). But in a passive sentence, the object of the action becomes the grammatical subject. Since çerçeve is now the subject of the passive verb bulundu, it stays in the plain, nominative case.

Does bulunmak always mean "to be found" like a lost object?

Not always! While it literally means "to be found" (as it does in this sentence), bulunmak is also very commonly used in Turkish to simply mean "to be located" or "to exist." For example, Otel merkezde bulunuyor means "The hotel is located in the center."

What is the root of the adjective dağınık?