geçtiimiz

Geçtiğimiz is a Turkish temporal determiner derived from the verb geçmek, meaning to pass or elapse. It denotes a time period that has already elapsed relative to the moment of speaking and is linked to the speaker’s perspective. When used before a time noun such as hafta (week), ay (month), yıl (year), or gün (day), geçtiğimiz translates roughly as “the past …” or “the previous …,” emphasizing that the period has just passed.

Usage and examples:

Geçtiğimiz hafta bir toplantı yaptık. (We had a meeting last week/the past week.)

Geçtiğimiz ay bütçe üzerinde çalışmalar sürdü. (In the past month, work on the budget continued.)

Geçtiğimiz yıl ekonomide önemli gelişmeler kaydedildi. (In the past year, significant developments were recorded.)

Geçtiğimiz günlerde bir değişim oldu. (There was a change in the last few days.)

Geçtiğimiz yıllarda yapılan araştırmalar gösteriyor. (Studies conducted in recent years show…)

Morphology and nuance:

Geçtiğimiz is formed from the past tense stem geçti- plus the suffix -ğimiz, which conveys a sense of “our” in the broader temporal sense and creates a relative construction that modifies the following time noun. It is commonly used in formal and informal Turkish to mark elapsed periods in contrast with the present or future.

Spelling and variants:

Geçtiğimiz is the standard spelling. The form “geçtiımız” is not correct in Turkish. In less formal writing, diacritics may be omitted in some contexts, but the canonical form with proper Turkish orthography is geçtiğimiz.

See also:

Geçmek, geçen, geçmiş.