Breakdown of Hiç geçmedi ona öfkem.
o
that / he / she / it
hiç
at all / any
geçmek
to pass / to cross / to shift (into a gear)
öfke
anger
Questions & Answers about Hiç geçmedi ona öfkem.
Why is the verb geçmedi in the middle of the sentence?
This is an inverted sentence (devrik cümle), which is very common in spoken Turkish and poetry. By pulling the verb geçmedi forward, the speaker puts the emotional focus on the fact that the feeling didn't pass. The remaining words (ona öfkem) are added as an afterthought or to complete the thought naturally without delaying the main emotional point.
Is ona acting as the object of geçmedi or is it connected to öfkem?
It is connected to öfkem. In Turkish, you direct anger to someone using the dative case (-e/-a). So ona öfkem translates to "my anger towards him/her". Even though these words are pushed to the end of the sentence here, they conceptually belong together as a single noun phrase.
We use geçmedi here. Is geçmek the standard verb for emotions fading?
Yes! While geçmek literally means "to pass," it is the standard verb for illnesses, physical pain, and negative emotions fading away. You might recognize this logic from the common phrase geçmiş olsun (may it pass / get well soon).
Why use the definite past tense (geçmedi) if the anger hasn't passed and is still present?
When combined with hiç (never / at all), the past tense -di often functions like the English present perfect tense ("has not passed"). It describes an ongoing state that began in the past. You could also say hiç geçmiyor (isn't passing at all), but hiç geçmedi emphasizes that up to this very moment, the expected change hasn't happened.
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