geçtim

Geçtim is a Turkish verb form that functions as the first-person singular simple past tense of geçmek. The verb geçmek has a broad range of core meanings, including to pass through or over a place, to cross a barrier or road, to go past someone or something, to elapse or pass as time, and, in certain contexts, to succeed in passing a test or examination.

Grammatically, the simple past tense in Turkish is built by adding a past tense marker to the verb stem and then a personal suffix. For the first person singular, this yields the form geçtim. This form is used when the speaker is indicating that they themselves performed the action in the past. The sense conveyed by geçtim depends on context and may refer to a physical crossing, such as köprüden geçtim (I crossed the bridge), or a figurative crossing, such as sınavı geçtim (I passed the exam).

Usage notes, examples, and nuances:

- Literal crossing: Köprüden geçtim. (I crossed the bridge.)

- Passing an exam: Sınavı geçtim. (I passed the exam.)

- Time or sequence: Tarihin akışında bir noktayı geride bıraktım; I passed that point in time.

Geçmek is used across many collocations and idioms, making geçtim a common and essential form for expressing completed action in the past from the speaker’s perspective.

Etymology and related forms: geçmek comes from the Turkish root geç-, with the infinitive suffix -mek. Related forms include present tense geçiyorum, past participle geçmiş, and nominal or adjectival derivatives such as geçiş (passage, transition) and geçmiş (past, history).