Questions & Answers about Toplantı iyi geçmedi.
How do we build the negative past tense in geçmedi?
We start with the verb root geç (to pass). First, we add the negative suffix -me. Then we add the past tense suffix -di. Because the subject is 'the meeting' (third-person singular 'it'), we do not need to add any personal ending at the very end.
Why is the negative suffix -me here instead of -ma?
The negative suffix uses 2-way vowel harmony. Since the only vowel in the verb root geç is 'e' (a front vowel), the negative suffix must be -me. If the root had a back vowel, like 'a' in yap-, it would take -ma.
Doesn't geçmek usually mean 'to pass'? Why does the English translation say the meeting 'did not go'?
That is exactly right! In Turkish, abstract events, days, and experiences do not 'go' (gitmek); they 'pass' (geçmek). So, to say that an event went well or badly, a Turkish speaker literally says that it passed well or badly.
İyi usually means 'good'. Can we use it for 'well' too?
Yes! Turkish does not have a separate word for 'well' in this context. You can place adjectives like iyi directly in front of a verb to use them as adverbs, describing how the action happened.
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