gördü

gördü is a form of the Turkish verb görmek that means “to see.” It is the simple past tense for the third‑person singular, corresponding to English “he/she saw” or “it saw.” The verb root is gör‑, and the past tense suffix is -d, while vowel harmony causes the auxiliary vowel to be –ü in the singular third‑person case. The form is therefore spelled g‑ö‑r‑d‑ü. In IPA the word is pronounced approximately /ɟœɾdɟ/.

The past tense of görmek is used in a wide range of contexts, from literal visual perception to figurative or metaphorical meanings. Common sentences include “O, filmi gördü” (“He saw the film”) and “Gerçekleri gördü” (“He saw the truth”). The verb can also appear in idiomatic expressions such as “sınavdan fabli gördü” (“He got a perfect score on the test” or “He saw the exam” in a figurative sense). In written and spoken Turkish, გördü can also appear in reported speech, e.g., “O, ne yaptığını gördü” (“He saw what he did”).

In morphology, görmek belongs to a group of Turkish verbs that form present and past tenses by adding vowel‑harmonic suffixes. The present tense is görür (he/she sees) and the simple past for the first‑person is gördüm. Hindered by emphatic forms, gör‑muş is the perfect aspect (“has seen”), which differs from the simple past and may be chosen for nuance. The third‑person plural form is gördüler (“they saw”), and the second‑person plural is gördünüz (“you saw”).

The word is historically tied to Old Turkic roots but is used today in contemporary Turkish everyday life. As a lexical unit it is strictly a verbal form rather than a noun or an adjective, and it is not used as a proper noun or a place name. The form appears regularly in news reporting, literature, dialogues, and everyday speech, making it one of the most frequently encountered verbs in the Turkish language.