girildi

Girildi is a Turkish verb form that represents the past tense passive of the verb girmek, meaning “to enter.” It is built from the verb stem gir-, combined with the passive marker -il- and the past tense ending -di, producing girildi. This form conveys that an entering event occurred with the action affecting a location or recipient, while the agent performing the entry is not specified in the clause.

In Turkish, the passive voice shifts focus from the actor to the action and its effect. With “girildi,” the emphasis is on the fact that someone entered a place, rather than on who did the entering. The agent can be left implicit or introduced with phrases such as tarafından (by) or with a definite subject if needed, e.g., "Gece yarısı eve girildi" (Someone entered the house at midnight).

Usage notes:

- Girildi is used with place nouns in the dative or with locations marked as the target of entering, such as odaya, eve, içeri, etc.

- Because Turkish often omits the agent, “girildi” can describe events in reports, narratives, or descriptions where the actor is unknown or unimportant.

- It is distinct from the active form girdim/girdin etc., which express who entered; girildi deliberately foregrounds the action and location.

Examples:

- Gece eve girildi. (Someone entered the house at night.)

- Odaya girildi. (The room was entered.)

- Olay yerinde kimse bulunmadığı için olaylar girildi biçiminde kaydedildi. (In reports, the location-entering event can be described in passive form.)

See also: girmek, girilmek, Turkish passive voice.