Breakdown of Bu sertifikayı aldığım sömestir çok yorgundum.
bu
this
yorgun
tired
çok
very
almak
to take, to buy
sertifika
certificate
sömestir
semester
Questions & Answers about Bu sertifikayı aldığım sömestir çok yorgundum.
Where is the word for "when" in aldığım sömestir?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "when" here. Instead, it uses the object participle -dık (which softens to -dığ- here). Just as aldığım araba means "the car that I bought", aldığım sömestir means "the semester in which I received [it]". The participle itself links the action to the time word.
Why is sertifikayı in the accusative case?
Because it is the specific direct object of the verb inside the relative clause. You are talking about getting "this specific certificate" (bu sertifika), so it takes the buffer letter -y- and the accusative ending -ı.
Shouldn't it be sömestirde to mean "in the semester"?
You could say sömestirde, but it is not strictly necessary. In Turkish, when a noun phrase acts as a time expression for the main sentence (telling us exactly when you were tired), the locative suffix is often dropped. Leaving the time word bare like this is very common and natural.
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