Dün yağmurda yürüdükten sonra çok kötü üşüttüm.

Breakdown of Dün yağmurda yürüdükten sonra çok kötü üşüttüm.

çok
very
kötü
bad
yürümek
to walk
yağmur
rain
sonra
after
dün
yesterday
üşütmek
to catch a cold

Questions & Answers about Dün yağmurda yürüdükten sonra çok kötü üşüttüm.

How does yürüdükten sonra mean "after walking"?
To say "after doing something", Turkish adds the structure -DIktAn sonra to the verb stem. Here, the verb yürümek (to walk) drops the -mek and takes the suffix -dük, followed by the ablative (from) ending -ten, and finally the word sonra (after).
Why is the verb üşüttüm instead of üşüdüm?
The root verb üşümek means "to feel cold." By adding the causative suffix -t, we get üşütmek, which specifically means "to catch a cold." So üşüttüm means "I caught a cold," whereas üşüdüm would just mean you were feeling cold in the rain.
Why do we use kötü (bad) here instead of a word for "badly"?
In Turkish, adjectives like kötü are frequently used as adverbs to describe verbs without needing an extra suffix. Here, çok kötü directly modifies the verb to describe the severity of how badly you caught the cold.

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