Breakdown of Onu üzdüm, şimdi üzülüyorum.
o
that / he / she / it
şimdi
now
üzülmek
to be sad
üzmek
to upset, make sad
Questions & Answers about Onu üzdüm, şimdi üzülüyorum.
Why do we use Onu (accusative) instead of Ona (dative) here, if this lesson is about dative verbs?
This is a great reminder that not all emotion verbs take the dative case! While some verbs take the dative, üzmek (to upset) takes a direct object in Turkish. You are directly upsetting the person, so we use the accusative form onu (him/her) instead of the dative ona (to him/her).
What is the difference between the verbs in üzdüm and üzülüyorum?
Üzmek means to upset someone else. By adding the reflexive suffix -ül, it becomes üzülmek, which means to be upset or to feel sad yourself. So üzdüm is the active action you did to him, and üzülüyorum is the feeling you are experiencing now.
Why is the first verb in the past tense and the second in the present continuous?
This perfectly captures cause and effect. Üzdüm (I upset) uses the definite past tense (-dü) because the act of upsetting him is finished. Üzülüyorum (I am sad) uses the present continuous (-üyor) because your feeling of regret or sadness is happening right now.
Why is there an 'n' in Onu?
The root word is the pronoun o (he/she/it). When adding the accusative case vowel -u, Turkish requires a buffer letter to separate the two vowels. For the pronouns o, bu, and şu, that buffer letter is always n, resulting in onu.
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