Görürdü

Görürdü is a Turkish verb form derived from görmek, meaning to see. It expresses the past habitual or narrative past, indicating a repeated or ongoing act of seeing in the past rather than a single completed event. In English, it corresponds to "used to see" or "was seeing" depending on context.

Formation and usage: The past habitual suffix -ürdü (with vowel harmony adjustments) attaches to the verb stem. The form Gör- + -ürdü yields görürdü, which is the third-person singular. Other persons have forms such as görürdüm (I used to see), görürdün (you used to see), görürdük (we used to see), görürdünüz (you all used to see), and görürdüler (they used to see). This tense is commonly used in narrative or descriptive passages to set a background or to describe repeated past actions.

Examples:

- O, çocukken her sabah parka giderdi ve civardaki kuşları görürdü. (When he was a child, he used to go to the park every morning and see the birds.)

- O, yazları çocukluğunu deniz kenarında geçirir, dalgaları görürdü. (In summers, he used to spend his childhood by the sea and would see the waves.)

Notes: Görürdü contrasts with görüyor (present tense) and gördü (simple past). The past habitual form emphasizes repetition or a state over a period in the past, rather than a single completed event.