Breakdown of Garson geldi ve sipariş verdim.
ve
and
gelmek
to come
garson
waiter
sipariş vermek
to place an order
Questions & Answers about Garson geldi ve sipariş verdim.
Why does one verb end in -di and the other in -dim?
Both use the direct past tense suffix -di. Geldi (he/she/it came) is for the third person, which doesn't take an extra personal ending. Verdim adds the first-person ending -m to show that I did the action: ver-di-m.
The translation says 'I ordered', but the Turkish is sipariş verdim. What does verdim mean here?
Sipariş means 'an order' and the verb vermek means 'to give'. In Turkish, you don't use a single verb for ordering at a restaurant. Instead, you say sipariş vermek, which literally means 'to give an order'.
Since this lesson is about past tense questions, how would I ask 'Did the waiter come?'
To ask a yes/no question in the past tense, you write the full verb and then add the question word mi as a separate word. 'The waiter came' is Garson geldi, so 'Did the waiter come?' is Garson geldi mi?
Why isn't there a word for 'I' before sipariş verdim?
In Turkish, the ending on the verb tells you who is doing the action. The -m at the end of verdim already means 'I', so adding ben (I) is unnecessary unless you really want to emphasize that you were the one who ordered.
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