Sürdü

Sürdü is a Turkish verb form that serves as the simple past tense for the verb sürdürmek, which means to maintain, to keep up, or to prolong. In usage, sürdü expresses that an action or state continued for a period of time and is commonly translated into English as “lasted” or “continued.”

Grammatical notes: Sürdü is used with a third-person singular subject and conveys completed duration of an action. The related verb sürdürmek is the infinitive form, meaning to maintain or to sustain; other conjugations of sürdürmek include sürdüm (I kept), sürdüler (they kept), and sürdük (we kept). The past tense form can reflect different subjects depending on sentence context.

Usage and examples: Sürdü is widely used to describe how long events or states lasted. Examples include:

- Proje üç ay sürdü. (The project lasted three months.)

- Yolculuk sekiz saat sürdü. (The journey lasted eight hours.)

- Toplantı uzun sürdü. (The meeting lasted a long time.)

See also and related terms: Related Turkish forms include sürdürmek (to maintain/keep up/prolong), sürdürme (maintenance), and the various past, present, and future conjugations of sürdürmek. The term is specific to Turkish and is not typically used as a proper noun or in other languages.

Etymology and classification: Sürdü derives from the Turkish verb stem sürdür- with the past tense suffix -di (third-person singular). It belongs to the Turkic language family and is a common grammatical form used to describe the duration of actions or states in Turkish discourse.